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• Adrianus Johannes Vogels, Wassenaar († 1946)
• Adelina Horsley, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1943)
• Adrianus van Achthoven, Woerden († 1943)
• Adriaan de Putter, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1951)
• Anna Francina Elisabeth Knikkenberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anke Ruurds Adema, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Johannes Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Dethmer Kielman, Oostwold († 1948)
• Alida Hendrica de Jong, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adriana Maria van den Bosch, Zegwaart

• Aldert Elmertsz Kleijenburg (80), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie VERVOORN (41), rotterdam
• Antonius van Grinsven (Griensven) (0), Boxtel, NL
• Gyselaers (61)
• Adriana Verbrugge (78), Weesp
• Barend VISSER (64), Zuid-Beijerland
• Aldert, Albert Kleijenburg (80), Den Helder
• Antonius Pittens (43), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Adriana Verheijen (73), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Ariën Top (8), Barneveld (GE), Esveld

• 1875 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer († 1956)
• 1876 » Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer († 1958)
• 1876 » Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes († 1932)
• 1880 » Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author († 1903)
• 1881 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy († 1954)
• 1882 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop († 1952)
• 1883 » Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)
• 1885 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic († 1944)

• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Geertruida

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on April 3, 1878 was about 6.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.