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• N.N. Meulenkamp, Leeuwarden († 1878)
• Aaltje Boot, Monnickendam († 1878)
• Adelia Ordelia (Della) Westcomb, Grand Haven Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States († 1966)
• Aart Vedder, Nijkerk († 1965)
• Prins, Deventer († 1943)
• Aaltje Boot, Monnickendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Aaltje Willems van der Galien, Akkerwoude († 1966)
• Aloysius Cornelis Wilhelmus Beelenkamp, Oosterbeek, Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Alberdina Stoel, Kampen, Nederland († 1878)
• Adriana Cornelia Faes, Baarle-Nassau († 1953)

• Abigail Ireton (62), probably Ohio
• Albertus Roos (37), Scheveningen
• Anne Rollisson (73), Freshwater, Isle of Wight Unitary Authority, Isle of Wight, England
• Anna Makking (Mokking) (66), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)
• Adriana de Crom (0), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendje Tennekes (1), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Blank (73), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana de Crom (0), Gemeente Woensdrecht, NL
• Bartholomeus Blank (73), 's-Hertogenbosch 5212, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Roelofs Smit (0), Hijken Beilen Midden-Drenthe Drenthe Nederland

• 1864 » Marie Tempest, English actress and singer († 1942)
• 1865 » Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press († 1922)
• 1865 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist († 1945)
• 1867 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer († 1936)
• 1871 » Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet († 1908)
• 1880 » Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1887 » Wharton Esherick, American sculptor († 1970)
• 1892 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic († 1940)
• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)

• 1839 » Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
• 1844 » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)

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.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

The temperature on July 15, 1878 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.