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• Anna Elisabeth Adams, Meer (België) († 1879)
• Anna Rowel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Teresa Swanson, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Antje Schuszler, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Hendrika Olthof, Warnsveld († 1878)
• Franken, Tilburg († 1878)
• Anna Adriana Maria van der Weegen, Tilburg († 1952)
• Aldert Leeflang, Vrijenban, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Telleman, Charlois, Rotterdam
• Anna Adriana Maria Weegen van der, Tilburg, Nederland († 1952)

• Catharina Kleverlaan (0), Bergen (N-H)
• Arij van Berkel (1)
• Antonio dos Reis da Silva Resende (78), Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Catharina Verswijveren (0), Halsteren
• Albertje Gerrits de Jong (2), Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Retzer (67), Wolf River, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Verswijveren (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adrianus Maria Meijer (3), Schiedam,-
• Antje Bakker (50), Kloosterveen (S), Smilde
• Alexander Leefsma (1), Gouda

• 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
• 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)
• 1890 » August Alle, Estonian poet and author († 1952)
• 1893 » Lily Laskine, French harp player († 1988)

• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)

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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

The temperature on August 31, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.