About the day » Thursday July 4, 1878Calender converter

• Annechina Niekamp, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1882)
• Albert ten Klooster, Zwartsluis († 1964)
• Anthonij Figee, Vlaardingen
• Arthur Rodrigues da Silva, Amparo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria Blok, Gouda, Nederland († 1878)
• Antje Laan, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Agnes Allegonda Renirie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ANTHONIJ FIGEE, VLAARDINGEN († 1965)
• Alida Adriana Kersbergen, Willeskop († 1880)
• Aafje Hart, Oudkarspel

• Adrianus TOORNVLIET (0), Charlois
• Catherine Elizabeth Krutsinger (76)
• Albert Pinkster (1), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Hoorelbeke (Doom) (57), Merkem West-Vlaanderen België
• Agatha Zethof (1), Kudelstaart, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Teeuw (68)
• Anthony Morse (78), Girard, Macoupin, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Christina van Koningsbruggen (47), Haarlem
• ADRIANA VAN DIJK (35), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Aicha Eléonor ZAOUI ( Ezaoui) (2)

• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)
• 1883 » Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer († 1970)
• 1887 » Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman († 1965)
• 1888 » Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer († 1945)
• 1895 » Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer († 1996)

• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)

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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.

The temperature on July 4, 1878 was about 16.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.