About the day » Friday September 6, 1878Calender converter

• Albertus Schraa, Zwartsluis († 1879)
• NN van der Leest, Zevenhuizen, Leek († 1878)
• Aaltje Jacobs Kloosterman, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• , Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Bronkhorst, Gorinchem
• Arts, Gennep,Limburg,Netherlands († 1878)
• Albertje Metselaar, Hoogeveen († 1968)
• Adriana Christina Poortenaar, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1913)
• Aaltje KLOOSTERMAN, Augustinusga Friesland Netherlands († 1961)
• Agnieta ^êA Lankhorst, (FR) Smallingerland

• Anna Getruda - Anna Geertruida Scheven (27), De Maten, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoinetta Smulders, den Bosch
• NN van der Leest (0), Zevenhuizen, Leek
• Arie Boelen (Boele) (63), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Goeij (33), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Alberdina Lanting (51), Bonnen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Eissens (0), Sint Annen (Ten Boer )
• Adrianus Elst (69), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Eisses EISSENS (0), Sint Annen (Ten Boer) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Veggel (45), Uden

• 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)

• 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)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

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%.