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• Alida Warnet, Gouda
• Aagje Visser, Beets († 1943)
• Aagje van den Berg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Theodorus Gijsbertus Verbeeck, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Isabella Willems, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida van de Ven, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1945)
• Abraham NAAKTGEBOREN, 's-Gravendeel († 1956)
• Anthonius Maarschalkerweerd, IJsselstein, Nederland
• Aaltje Geelhoedt, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roobroeks, Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 1879)

• Antje Tjebbes Boonstra (51), Beetsterzwaag, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Benjamin Montanye Fetter (54), Globe, Arizona Territory
• Arnoldus Duk (34), Leiden
• Anna Maria SEGHERS (97), Sint-Amands,2890,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• André Adrien Marie CAMMAER (1), Mechelen, 12025, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adolphine Caroline BEER (19), Jakarta
• Christina Bourbon , Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies [[ChWikibio]] sss (72), in Le Havre, France
• Anthonia Verweij (8), Harmelen
• Antje Liebes Reitsma (0), Blija
• Alexandre BAILLY (26), Binche, 56011, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
• 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
• 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
• 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)
• 1874 » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author († 1928)
• 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
• 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)
• 1887 » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1977)

• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• 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.
• 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 August 22, 1878 was about 16.9 °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 68%.