About the day » Sunday May 19, 1878Calender converter

• Alida Wilhelmina Speets, Anna Paulowna
• Anna Visser, Mijdrecht († 1951)
• Alida Beijnders, Rotterdam († 1967)
• Albertje Swart, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vogel, Middelharnis
• Antje Banning, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• Adelina Gildemeister Prado, Lima, Perú († 1936)
• Adrianus Antonie Raams, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Antje Zonneveld, Castricum († 1896)
• Anthonie Jan Geluk, Sint Annaland († 1951)

• Anna Mechtildis Schetjens (85), Nuth
• Aaldrik Nannes Schilthuis (53), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham van de Velde (83), Kortenhoef (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Angele Trottier (29), Saint-Casimir, Portneuf, Québec, Canada
• Barbara Wittebol (10), Koggenland (Obdam) (Noord Holland)
• Agatha Catharina van Velzen (14), Delft
• Arij Pieter Sliedregt van (48), Antwerpen, België
• Adela Vanhouter (38), Oostende, België
• Antonia van Etten (7), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adrianus van Loon (51), Minderhout (België)

• 1871 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author († 1963)
• 1874 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier († 1955)
• 1878 » Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter († 1953)
• 1879 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician († 1964)
• 1880 » Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House († 1964)
• 1881 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey († 1938)
• 1884 » David Munson, American runner († 1953)
• 1886 » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General († 1968)
• 1887 » Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor († 1983)
• 1889 » Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author († 1939)

• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
• 1872 » John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)

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.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on May 19, 1878 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 39 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.