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• Alphonsus Jacobus van Spaandonk, Tilburg († 1896)
• Anna NICKEL
• Alberdina Makkinga, Urk († 1953)
• Albert Hidding, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert Staal, Nieuweschans, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Oene, Epe
• Antonius Voeten, Meer (Hoogstraten), Antwerpen (B)
• Adriaantje Pieterman, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1958)
• Andrew Heinrichs, Grundy County, Iowa († 1961)
• "Ingeborg" Charlotta Carolina Frederikke Louise af Danmark, København († 1958)

• Anna Talina Ottens (10), Niebert, Marum
• Adriana de Mol (62), Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kraal (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adam VAN DER VEEN (0), Bonnerveen
• Anna Maria van Kessel (76), Schilberg, Echt
• Kwakkel, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam van der Veen (0), Bonnerveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Christiaan" Chretien Chretien, Oeffelt, NL
• Anna Maria (Jeanne Marie) van Kessel (76), Echt
• Alle Frans Wüst (0), Dokkum, Fr, Nederland

• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)

• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)

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.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 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.
• September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
• 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 2, 1878 was about 13.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.