About the day » Friday June 21, 1878Calender converter

• Alberdiena Catharina Slender, Zwollerkerspel
• Adriana Rijnberg, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aloisa Nicolasina Baaten BAETEN, Alphen en Riel, Alphen, 3281, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Antje Linzes de Jong, Surhuisterveen († 1940)
• Albert Gerritsen, Alto, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin († 1970)
• Anna Clara Frosch, Kerkrade (L) Geb Akte († 1879)
• Agnes Humm, Templeton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1951)
• Antien Jubbega, Nijensleek († 1963)
• Adriana Maria van Zwienen, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Gerritsen, Alto, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin († 1970)

• Alida Nieuwendijk (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Paardekam (0), Ossendrecht, Nederland
• Anthonius Mul (1), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Wimer (90), Bland Hills, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States
• Arie Dekker (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Anna Cornelia Thielen (32), Rucphen
• Baukje Lourens Vellinga (78), Drachten
• Christiaan v Asselt (52), Hoef 34
• Berendina Hasis (69), Alkmaar 182
• Clementina Mary Sophie Annesley

• 1876 » Swami Kalyan Dev, philosopher [year disputed] († 2004)
• 1876 » Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)
• 1880 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant († 1941)
• 1881 » (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator († 1962)
• 1882 » Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier († 1966)
• 1882 » Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia († 1940)
• 1882 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1883 » Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator († 1958)
• 1884 » Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal († 1981)

• 1824 » Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)

• 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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 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.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on June 21, 1878 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.