About the day » Tuesday April 9, 1878Calender converter

• Aafje Baltus, Oudorp
• Aldert Zwemmer, Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adriana den Dekker, Brouwershaven, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albert B Stewart, Stuart, Louisiana († 1945)
• Aleida Jacoba Heidema, Westernieland
• Adriana Van Der Krabben, Drunen († 1917)
• Adriana Kortekaas, Alkemade († 1964)
• Adrianus van der Velden, Princenhage († 1953)
• Aaltje Loman, Holten († 1946)
• Swart, Blija († 1878)

• Aaltje Lenstra (3), Wetering (Steenwijkerwold)
• ?? Van Der Slooten (0), Den Haag
• Aaltje Hogeboom (47), Veessen (Gem. Heerde)
• Andries Spithout (58), Utrecht, Nederland
• -Florentine Joseph VARLET (49), BeRMICOURT
• Aart van Brussel (54), De Bilt
• Anna Maria Cornelia Drijkoningen (0), Roermond, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Schouten- (6), Oudorp, Nederland
• Aaltje Schouten (6), Oudorp, NH, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Spithout (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

• 1867 » Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter († 1932)
• 1867 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia († 1941)
• 1872 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author († 1912)
• 1880 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect († 1925)
• 1882 » Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1946)
• 1882 » Otz Tollen, German actor († 1965)
• 1883 » Frank King, American cartoonist († 1969)
• 1887 » Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director († 1957)
• 1888 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager († 1974)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on April 9, 1878 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.