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• Albert Schonewille, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1896)
• Adriaan Schoenmakers, Emmickhoven
• Andries Sjoerds Veenstra, Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jans Schonewille, Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen) († 1896)
• Adriaan Schoenmakers, Emmikhoven
• Alphonse Felix, Kruibeke († 1957)
• Sipma, St. Annaparochie († 1878)
• Aaltje Visser, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1907)
• Aagje Moleman, Aalsmeer († 1879)
• Adrianus Zoon († 1935)

• aaltje van't HOF (81), heinenoord
• Antje Huininga (21), Oostwold (gem. Oldambt)
• Adrianus Donatus Vervaart (0), Oudenbosch
• Aaltje van 't Hof (76), Heinenoord (77jr)
• Anna Maria van Dijk (69), Aalst
• Antoon Cox (57), Bergen, Nederland
• Angelina Moock (70), Denderhoutem
• Aart Boef (0), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Verkaik (0), Kralingen
• Antje Kooij (23), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1867 » Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor († 1952)
• 1869 » Ben Viljoen, South African general († 1917)
• 1870 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author († 1938)
• 1871 » George Hirst, English cricketer and coach († 1954)
• 1875 » Edward Francis Hutton, American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. († 1962)
• 1876 » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet and author († 1938)
• 1876 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta († 1934)
• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)
• 1887 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic († 1964)

• 1840 » Jacques MacDonald, French general (b. 1765)
• 1871 » Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826)
• 1871 » Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
• 1891 » Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
• 1892 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807)
• 1893 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
• 1907 » Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1910 » William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
• 1920 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)

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.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 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.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• 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.
• 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 7, 1878 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.