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• Albertus Wierenga, Ten Post, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Andrew Franklin Neilson, Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States († 1955)
• Gunnarsdatter († 1952)
• Adrianus Dekkers, Vught († 1960)
• van der Werff, Haarlem († 1878)
• Albertus Tobeas Wartena, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1905)
• Andreas Verhees, Asten († 1966)
• Andreas Verhees, Asten († 1966)
• Adrianus van den Hoek, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Alice (Antonina) Gorney, Posen, Poland († 1972)

• Bartele Rinderts Algra (Algera) (63), Nijega
• Anna Maria CRIENEN (78), Velden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Barteld BRUGMAN (32), Arnhem
• Adriana Berkhout (64), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Werff (0), Haarlem
• Aafje Jans Wibbelink (56), Drachten
• Bartele Algra (63), Nijega (Small.)
• Charlotte Isabella Browne (68), Reigate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
• Bartele (twins) Algra (63), Smallingerland
• Aafje Wibbelink (56), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland

• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)
• 1880 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer († 1951)
• 1885 » Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist († 1969)
• 1885 » Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author († 1976)
• 1886 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot († 1937)

• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• 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.
• June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on May 12, 1878 was about 14.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.