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• Alphonsus Wilhelmus Johannes Schuurman, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Verschoor, Heinenoord († 1878)
• Adrianua Gerardus Koster, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Goes, Vleuten († 1969)
• Aaltien Slagmolen, Peize, Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus (Arie) Bierhuizen, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adam Hendrik Korteweg, Zevenbergen (NB-NLD)
• Aaltien Slagmolen, Peize, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1932)
• Achille Joseph DAMBERMONT, AYWAILLE, Liège, Belgique
• Alida Annetta van Geest, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1963)

• Anna Catharina Haubrich (79), Sessenhausen (D)
• Annetje Schiphorst (1), Apeldoorn
• Bernardus Kappers (63), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Haren (1), Grave
• Augustinus Cornelis Knegtel (72), Kessel-lo
• Antonius van Veggel (51), Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertus te Walvoort (0), Holland Township, Sheboygan Wisconsin (USA)
• Augustinus Joannes Aspeslagh (46), Oostende
• Antoon (Antonius) van Hak (Hack) (79)
• Arie Benne (2), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1873 » Constantin Carathéodory, German mathematician and author († 1950)
• 1874 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter († 1951)
• 1874 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician († 1962)
• 1876 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer († 1941)
• 1877 » Stanley Lord, English captain († 1962)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer († 1957)
• 1880 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky († 1958)
• 1882 » Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba († 1969)
• 1883 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter († 1956)
• 1883 » Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece († 1957)

• 1847 » Nicolas Oudinot, French general (b. 1767)
• 1871 » İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)
• 1872 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
• 1881 » Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
• 1885 » Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
• 1905 » René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 » Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)

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.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

The temperature on September 13, 1878 was about 17.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.