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• Abeltje Jantje Jennigje Pilon, heemse († 1945)
• Albert Jan Blide, Maten († 1961)
• Aafke Wiersema, Westernieland, Eenrum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Paans, Werkendam († 1923)
• Alfred Lewis Clark, Texas, United States († 1938)
• Alphonse Gerard Wilhelm van Lon, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1941)
• Adela Delphina VERNIERS, Gent († 1878)
• Adriana Krijgsman, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel-Nederland
• Aaltje Sikkens, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Sommeling, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1902)

• Aletta Maria van Hoorn (32), Den Haag
• Adriana Veraart (71), Halsteren, Nederland
• Adriana Veraart (71), Halsteren
• Aartje van den Engel (32), Ijzendoorn
• Alida van Gelder (Gelderen) (64), Rietveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Fransen (37), Lonneker
• Aleida Anna van Ramele (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltjen van Laar (79), Heerde, Nederland
• "Elisabet" Maria Elisabeth Specken (55), Ter Apel
• Anna Maria Reijnders (81), Arnhem

• 1871 » Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician († 1932)
• 1872 » Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist († 1963)
• 1874 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer († 1941)
• 1876 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer († 1941)
• 1877 » Charles Coburn, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator († 1966)
• 1883 » Gladys Mills Phipps, American horse breeder († 1970)
• 1884 » Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian († 1974)
• 1886 » Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician († 1940)
• 1888 » Arthur Massey Berry, Canadian soldier and pilot († 1970)

• 1844 » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
• 1864 » Richard Heales, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Victoria (b. 1822)
• 1864 » Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, American soldier (b. 1843)
• 1865 » Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
• 1867 » Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
• 1867 » Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico, 1859-1860 (b. 1832)
• 1874 » Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (b. 1838)
• 1884 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)

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.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on June 19, 1878 was about 14.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.