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• Albertus Hermannus Imming, Nieuw Amsterdam, Emmen
• Adriana Stolk, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Tuijl, Amsterdam († 1878)
• Albertha Noort, Rijnsburg († 1966)
• Adriana Elisabeth Versteeg, Maarsseveen († 1954)
• Agatha Zomer, Haarlemmermeer
• Adrianus Hendrik Lakerveld, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 1881)
• Adriana van der Plas, Katwijk († 1954)
• Aaltje Leunk, Harfsen († 1960)
• Adriana Groot, Zaandam († 1946)

• Adriana Zeelenberg (41), 's-Gravenzande
• Amable Roy, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States
• Anna Madeleine Lamaison (88), Gouda, Z.H
• Binnert Hebbeles Winius (61), Surhuizum
• Anna Sabine Sakes van der Werf (75), Den Haag
• Anna Madelaine Lamaison (88), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bennert Hebbeles Winius (61), ,, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anne Madelaine La Maison (Lamaison) (88), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anne Madelaine Lamaison (88), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida de Vaar (68), Heerewaarden (Maasdriel)

• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)
• 1884 » Clement Smoot, American golfer († 1963)
• 1886 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier († 1971)

• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)

• 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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on April 7, 1878 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.