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• Aaltje Mensink, Oldebroek († 1879)
• Adrianus Blankestijn, Leersum, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Postma, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje Possel, Kroonpolder, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Broeren, Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Albertus Roomenburg, Utrecht († 1953)
• ZEEGERS, 3631 Boorsheim,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 1878)
• Agatha Limmen, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aagje Winkel, Purmerend († 1895)
• Aaltje Wassenaar, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1898)

• Aaltje Jans Kamphuis (77), Groningen
• Aloysius Ludovicus Vertommen (0), Lier
• Adriana BOENDER (0), Numansdorp
• Antje Lanst (79), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Juliane Zehl (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Berent de vries (88), Hoornsterzwaag
• Abraham Warburg (44), Dordrecht
• ZEEGERS (0), 3631 Boorsheim,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie
• Arend Gielbert (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lans (79), Twisk

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter († 1964)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• 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 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on July 20, 1878 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.