About the day » Tuesday July 2, 1878Calender converter

• Antoni Leusink, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 1933)
• Aleida Bloemers, Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alois Lachat, Woumen
• Antoon Leusink, Hengelo († 1933)
• Aaltje Rijmberg, Haren († 1946)
• Benjamin Franklin Keathley, Keathley Branch of Toler Creek, Osborn, Floyd County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, 's-Gravenzande († 1915)
• Annetta Put, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Van Hoyweghen, Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana van den Heuvel, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)

• Arendina Bronsema (1), Spijk
• Anne Sytses Andrae (1), Ferwerd
• Albert Sybes Bosch (34), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Brand (63), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Arie de Grauw (53), Leimuiden
• Barteld Jonkman (37), Tienderveen (Beilen)
• Arie van der Zwaan- (0), Ter Aar, Nederland
• Antonie Nooten (2), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje Gerrits Schultze (45), schiermonnikoog
• Anna Catharina de Klerk (0), Amsterdam

• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 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 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on July 2, 1878 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.