About the day » Saturday June 22, 1878Calender converter

• Anna Maria van den Hoek, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Joanna de Jong, Steenbergen
• Mathilde Catharina Nooijens
• Adriana Maria den Hartog, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Anna Naatje Eelman
• Alfred Charles BAKES, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 1944)
• Alphonsius Victor Schoofs, Brustem, 3800, België († 1948)
• Aaltje Wopkes van Dijk, Ferwerd († 1879)
• Alfred Jonathan Harvey, Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, United States of America († 1933)
• Aafke de Vries, Ee, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Arij Anthonysz Geeve (73), Rhoon
• Anthonius van der Valk (0), Delft
• Anne Lageveen (48), Oud-Beets
• Andreas Petri (37), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Katte (0), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Albertus Hanterink (68), Losser
• Arij Geeve (73), Rhoon
• Aleida STOKVIS (65), De Wijk (Koekange)
• --zoon-- Foppen (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Petersen Hikkert (geboren Petersen Hikkert) (52), Hasselt, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1871 » William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath († 1938)
• 1873 » Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic († 1949)
• 1874 » Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar († 1958)
• 1876 » Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop († 1936)
• 1879 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada († 1962)
• 1880 » Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer († 1954)
• 1884 » James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer († 1949)
• 1885 » Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player († 1962)
• 1887 » Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic († 1975)
• 1888 » Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland († 1964)

• 1868 » Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
• 1874 » Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
• 1892 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
• 1894 » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (b. 1823)
• 1905 » Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1913 » Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet and translator (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1928 » A. B. Frost, American illustrator and painter (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on June 22, 1878 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.