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• Albertus Martinus Johannes van de Ven, Boxtel († 1908)
• Aafke Johannesdr. Ringnalda, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1881)
• Andries Jaak Huylebroeck, Erembodegem
• Aldert Jans Piersma, Achtkarspelen († 1900)
• Adriaantje Wouters, Ooltgensplaat
• Crone, Utrecht († 1878)
• Albert George Rowan, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Andries Kan, Amsterdam († 1880)
• Adriana Digna Bom, Yerseke († 1953)
• Aaltje Glazenburg, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)

• Adolf Kaiser (6)
• Catharina Aletta van Pinxsteren (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Den Broeck (33), Putte
• Cornelis Jacobus Kraan (0), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Femmigje Gerrits (Ummigje) Lok (67), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Francis Amand Wackenier (60), Woumen
• Catharina Heijstek (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Francisca Maria Vrielink (29), Brummen
• Anna Christine Grosshenning (74), Addison Township
• Anna Maria Van den Broeck (33), Putte,, Antwerpen, België

• 1865 » Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1871 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician († 1927)
• 1876 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter († 1924)
• 1877 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician († 1926)
• 1877 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1946)
• 1879 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer († 1962)
• 1884 » Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician († 1974)
• 1885 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1930)
• 1885 » Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1891 » William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator († 1949)

• 1843 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1865 » Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 » Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
• 1911 » Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
• 1926 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)

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 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• 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.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 11, 1878 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.