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• Adriana Klazina Schellingerhout, Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje Petter, Vroomshoop, Gemeente Twenterand, Overijssel, Nederland († 1910)
• Abraham Sonnenberg, Amsterdam, NL
• Adriana Plaating, Zonnemaire
• Adrianus Rietveld, oudewater (utrecht) († 1938)
• Adriaan van Oost, Ouwerkerk († 1879)
• Aleida (Lydia) Schuten, Sellingen-Vlagtwedde († 1960)
• Albertus Brauns, Hoeselt, België († 1960)
• Aaltje van Klompenburg, Elburg († 1879)
• Albert Hilbing, Steenwijksmoer († 1881)

• Antonia MEYER (85), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Smeenk (30), Warnsveld (Zutphen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Jan van de Beek (4), Nijbroek
• Schonewille (0), De Krim
• Berend van der Kolk (84), Apeldoorn
• Abraham Jilink (69), Kampen
• Aszwerus Trap (25), Weltevreden, Nederlands Indië
• Aaltjen Jannes Morre (78), Vollenhove, Stad
• Annigje Barten Van Lomwel (48), IJsselstein
• Anna Maria Linders (81), Venray, NL

• 1870 » Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator († 1947)
• 1872 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist († 1919)
• 1872 » Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator († 1955)
• 1875 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist († 1945)
• 1876 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia († 1953)
• 1878 » James O. Richardson, American admiral († 1974)
• 1883 » Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author († 1950)
• 1885 » Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright († 1948)
• 1888 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author († 1938)
• 1888 » Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author († 1953)

• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1915 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)

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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 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.
• 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 September 18, 1878 was about 15.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.