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• Alexander Innocentius Marie Beens, Breda († 1935)
• Amanda Emilia Wagner († 1941)
• Anna Susanna Margaretha Kremer, Oberlangen, Lathen († 1970)
• Agatha Katrina Wendel, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kremer, Oberlangen, NIE, Duitsland († 1970)
• Lips, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1878)
• Aartje Joostd van de Merwe, Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Alphons Hermans, Paal, Limburg, België († 1957)
• Anna Kremer, Oberlangen († 1970)
• Wiepkje Verbeek, Sloten

• Anna Maria van de Vorst (1), Tilburg
• Adriana Both (41), Zegveld, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Théodore DAHMEN (60), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Coletta Saenen (32), Lint Belgie
• Antje Cornelisdr Pel (35), Graft,North Holland,Netherlands
• Christianus Woutergeerts (78), Antwerpen
• Berendina Carolina Walter (0), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Parlevliet (1), Wassenaar
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Burggraaff (0), Monster
• Bartel van de Vijver (0), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)

• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

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 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.
• 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.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 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.

The temperature on August 21, 1878 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.