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• Aloysius Antonius van de Put, Tilburg († 1967)
• Abraham van Dam, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Seinen, Hollandscheveld († 1960)
• Albertha Sterenberg, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Nieuwenhuijzen van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Keller, Chasseneuil/Poi
• , Oudenburg, W. Vl., België († 1940)
• Adrianus Marinus Timmermans, Roosendaal († 1944)
• Adriaan Jongepier, Middelburg
• Alberta Staal, Borger, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland

• Adrianus Kers (11), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Vette (54), Delft
• Adam Deur (76), Wapenveld, province of Gelderland
• Albertus van HEEL (0), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Tip (1), Zuidveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Allagonda Johanna Aarts (24), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amélie GODDERIS (65), Moorslede,8890,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Allegonda Johanna Aarts (24), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• VEENHOFF (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Stephan (65), Heuchelheim, Duitsland

• 1872 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer († 1945)
• 1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
• 1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
• 1877 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1962)
• 1877 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician († 1958)
• 1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)
• 1878 » Walter Steinbeck, German actor († 1942)

• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on September 26, 1878 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.