About the day » Tuesday July 23, 1878Calender converter

• Angenita Cornelia BEKKER, Den Haag, ZH, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltjen BRUNTINK, Brummen, Nederland, Gelderland, Leuvenheim
• Abraham Koekoek, Hoogeveen († 1907)
• Albertus van der Laan, Muntendam († 1878)
• Buyse, Izegem, Belgium
• Andries Jan Jonker, Den Helder, Netherlands († 1940)
• Peeters, Vessem
• Anna Passant, Leiden, Fokkestraatje
• Aaltje Gehem, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1914)
• * Lamberta Elisabeth van Heugten, Helmond († 1960)

• Aalbert Schuitert (84), Wierden
• Aaltje Koelewijn (26), Bunschoten
• Annette Joseph Lehmans (58), 'sGravenhage
• Adrianus Hofman (48), Vlaardingen
• Annigje Middelweerd (Middelwaard ) (60), Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Akke Tjeerds Hoekstra (15), Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annetje Hagestein (0), Zuidland
• Elisabeth Van Oers (79), Steenbergen
• Adriana Cornelia Diepenhorst (27), gouda (zuid holland)
• Anne Hotham

• 1866 » Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic († 1950)
• 1878 » James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1946)
• 1882 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1948)
• 1883 » Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London († 1963)
• 1884 » Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor († 1950)
• 1885 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume († 1935)
• 1885 » Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist († 1955)
• 1886 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat († 1978)
• 1886 » Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1888 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter († 1959)

• 1833 » Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)

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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on July 23, 1878 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.