About the day » Thursday August 1, 1878Calender converter

• Adrianus van der Meer, Mijdrecht († 1961)
• Maria Catharina Verbiest, Woensdrecht
• Allice or Alice Sensabaugh, Merriton (Town), Grantham Township, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada († 1953)
• Aartje de Leeuw, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pollet, Overslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Dortmont († 1878)
• Alida van der Wel, De Lier, Nederland († 1878)
• - Wichem, Groningen († 1878)
• Alice Maria De Cock, Brugge-St Michiels († 1880)
• Albert BLIND, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)

• Agenita Wilhelmina Peters (32), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Josephus Eras (0), Tilburg (Brabant)
• Adriana Helena TolEdo (0), Wassenaar
• Aaltje Dirks Hooghiemstra (40), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Beukema, Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke Tjitzes Kleefstra (0), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Veen (46), Zwartsluis
• Adriaantje de RAADT (74), Pernis
• Aaltje Dirks Hooghiemstra (40), Bergum
• America L Chesnut (31)

• 1865 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter († 1917)
• 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
• 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)

• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on August 1, 1878 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.