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• Aartje Noort van, Heteren († 1957)
• Adrianus Hartog, Zaandam († 1952)
• Adriana Maria Maas, Poppel (België)
• Adriana Cornelia Spaans, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Alebina Elshout, Giessen, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Angie Florence Wolfe, Ross, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 1920)
• Aartje van Noort, Heteren(Randwijk) († 1957)
• Adriana Pullen, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Anje Guikema, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriana Pullen, Papendrecht gem. Alblasserwaard Zhl. Nederland († 1907)

• Albertha Gijsbertha Hueber (0), Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Geerts Kerkhof (32), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Melisze Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (89), Bunschoten, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Engelen (12), Velsen
• Arie Glas (0), Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Bavel (44), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba Johanna Mesker (83)
• Cornelia VOS (34), Appingedam Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Angela Dreyer (31), Neu Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aafje Smit (36), Hoogwoud

• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)

• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 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 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.

The temperature on August 7, 1878 was about 21.9 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.