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• Adrianus Philippus RIDDERHOF, Dordrecht († 1879)
• Adriana Cornelia a de Kort († 1880)
• Kwantes, Kolhorn, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Noordam, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1969)
• Anna Maria Josephina Schrijen, Merkelbeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• * Bernardus Baars, Angerlo, Gelderland, NL († 1879)
• Albert Oosterhoff, Saaksum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Albert Aukes Pleizier, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Rossem, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Margaretha Kemp, Schiedam († 1926)

• Adrianus Josephus Stuyck (69), Broechem
• Annechien MEINDERS (35), Gieterveen (Drenthe, The Netherlands)
• Anne PONS
• VERMANDEL (0), Philippine(ZE)
• Arend Smit (61), Heino
• Anna Louisa Catharina (Anna Maria Loucriza) Nelle (69), Utrecht
• Aaltje Kwant (25), Helpman gem Haren
• Antoon Cörvers (44), Obbicht en Papenhoven, Sittard-Geleen
• Antoon Corvers (44), Obbicht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Alfred Jean Marie CAZUGUEL (0), Pleyben, 29162, Finistère, Bretagne, France

• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)
• 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1876 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany († 1931)
• 1878 » Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower († 1977)
• 1882 » Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist († 1968)
• 1883 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil († 1974)
• 1883 » Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building († 1969)
• 1886 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter († 1946)

• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 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.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on May 18, 1878 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.