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• Anna Cornelia Blommerde, Zevenbergen († 1886)
• Aaltje Lazet, Hien
• Adrianus Stolk, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Aaltje VAN DE HAAR, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alphonsius van MEESCHE, Sint Jansteen († 1946)
• Aaltje Lazet, Hien (Gelderland)
• Johannes Simons, herkenbosch († 1953)
• Adrianus Johannes Gielen, Utrecht († 1945)
• Adrianus van der Donk, Den Dungen († 1878)
• Aleksandr Vassilievich Korotchenzov, Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie († 1922)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Claessen (0), Susteren
• Arnoldus (Arend) VETTE,DE (65), Kethel en Spaland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendriks Lolkus (81), Oostvoorne
• cornelia LOLKUS (80), oostvoorne
• Bernardus Blaas (0), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Gerardina Swanenberg (1), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Derk Jan Nijman (0), Arnhem
• Barbara Louisa Radabaugh (78), Barbour County, West Virginia, United States
• Arend de Vette (65), ,, Kethel en Spaland, Nederland
• Aleida Stoffels (56), Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• 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 29, 1878 was about 18.7 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.