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• Alida Cornelia Onink, Maurik († 1960)
• Aaltje de Winter, Tiel, Gelderland, Nl
• (2) Sibilla Elisabeth Hutter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus van Beek, Amerongen, Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug
• Anke Heringa († 1958)
• Abraham Messias, London, South East England, Groot Brittanië († 1952)
• Alexander Guldenaar, Soerabaja, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Sprangers, Dongen
• Albertha van Aller, Nijkerk († 1957)
• Anna Kotz († 1955)

• Adriana Cordula van der Ende (15), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Anna Grada Maandag (1), Arnhem Gld
• Aletta Sara Catharina Stuart (0), Vianen
• adrianus de REGT (3), goudswaard
• Anna Margaretha Steenvoorde (0), Alkemade
• Adriana Cordula van den Ende (15), Maasland
• Alysius Johann Wilhelm Allekotte (0)
• Adriana Cordula van den Ende (15), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Huisman (1), Voorschoten
• Anna Maria Agatha \ (Maria Catharina) Dickmann (Diekmann) (84), Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Surresse, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• 1873 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner († 1940)
• 1874 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer († 1963)
• 1876 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator († 1948)
• 1876 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government († 1950)
• 1876 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist († 1916)
• 1877 » Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago († 1934)
• 1878 » Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright († 1952)
• 1879 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn († 1942)
• 1879 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer († 1968)
• 1882 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter († 1930)

• 1834 » William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)

• 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 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 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.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

The temperature on January 12, 1878 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.