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• Adrianus Johannes Rimmelzwaan, Den Haag († 1960)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van der Kroon, Weesperkarspel {NH} (gemeente tot 1966)
• Hendrika Arnoldina Boekema, Breda
• Alida Elsman, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Adrianus Bos, Rotterdam († 1901)
• Aaltjen Kranenberg, Markelo,Gemeente Hof Van Twente,Overijssel,Netherlands († 1965)
• Alberdina van den Belt, Zwolle († 1969)
• Alida Maria Brouwer, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Anna Antonia Primus, Arnhem († 1965)
• ANNA MOERMAN, ROTTERDAM († 1962)

• Aaltje Ruiter (56), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anje Knol (0), Hornhuizen, Gemeente De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
• Vornam (4)
• Adrianus Schel(Huijberts) (1), Geffen
• Adrianus den HARTOG (0), Hei-en Boeicop
• Aleida Heijden (62), Zutphen (Gld) NL
• (72), Niel, Belgi
• Andries Adrianus van Luijk (36), Krabbendijke
• Aaltje Ruiter (56), Nijkerk
• Aleida Catharina. Maria Ernestine van der HEYDEN VAN.DOORNENBURG (62), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1875 » Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer († 1911)
• 1876 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France († 1945)
• 1878 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan († 1967)
• 1880 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union († 1958)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer († 1957)
• 1885 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia († 1951)
• 1885 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1885 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library († 1940)

• 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
• 1872 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)
• 1914 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (b. 1886)
• 1919 » Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on September 22, 1878 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.