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• Jantje Hessels, Leggelo († 1955)
• Antje Gerrits van de Wetering, Oudemirdum († 1959)
• Adam Benedictus van Rooij, Goirle († 1952)
• Albert Wiersma, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• Annee Marius van Belkum, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Catharina de Groot, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriana Maria Hurkmans, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1878)
• Andreas Van Vulpen, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland († 1934)
• Adriana Maria Catharina de Groot, Tilburg († 1950)
• Aloysius Godefridus van Gompel, Casteren († 1945)

• Aleida (= Alijda ) van Dijk (40), Barneveld
• Antonia Maria van Riel (85), Tilburg
• Anna van Steen (0), Assendelft NH NL
• Anna Steenewalle (71), Zierikzee
• Adriana van de Griendt (0), Vlijmen
• Antonia Maria van Riel (85), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoni Koppens (63), Vlijmen
• Anastasia Fiquere (59), Vlierzele, Oost Vlaanderen, België
• Anne-Catherine Vieilvoye (79), Bolland, 4653 Liège, Wallonie, Belgique
• Antonia Maria van Riel (85), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)

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.
• 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.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

The temperature on May 26, 1878 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.