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Born on Friday September 6, 1878
- Adriana Smulders, Woensel en Eckart († 1962)
- Aaldert Hooiveld, Valthermond, Odoorn († 1880)
- Albertus de Jager, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
- Aaltje Jacobs Kloosterman, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
- Adrianus Johannes Bronkhorst, Gorinchem
- Adrianus Hubertus van Eeten
- Therese Wolf, Flanitz, Bayern (D) († 1954)
- Arts, Gennep,Limburg,Netherlands († 1878)
- Albert EVERHARDUS, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1948)
- Aaltje de Vos, Steenwijk († 1945)
Died on Friday September 6, 1878
- Augustus ( Vancouillie ) Vancoillie (34), Aartrijke
- Arts (0), Gennep,Limburg,Netherlands
- Alida Elizabeth Boerendonk (2), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
- Anna Maria van Veghel (45), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Frijlink (26), Wilsum(Ov)
- Antoinetta Smulders (47), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
- Alida Georgina Slok Soede (0), Vreeland
- Anna de Goeij (33), Hoenkoop
- Aaltje Eissens (0), Sint Annen (Ten Boer )
- Adrianus Elst (69), Bergen op Zoom
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 6, 1878 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- De standaard
- Leeuwarder courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
Born on September 6
- 1868 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1947)
- 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
- 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)
- 1876 » John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
- 1879 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1956)
- 1879 » Max Schreck, German actor († 1936)
- 1885 » Otto Kruger, American actor († 1974)
- 1888 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1969)
- 1889 » Louis Silvers, American composer († 1954)
- 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)
Died on September 6
- 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
- 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
- 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
- 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
- 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
- 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
- 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
- 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
- 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
- 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
Names that were popular for boys in 1878
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Joseph
- Franciscus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1878
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1878
- 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 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
- 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.
- December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
- 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 weather on Friday September 6, 1878
The temperature on September 6, 1878 was about 19.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI