About the day » Monday January 28, 1878Calender converter

• Alida Maria Damen, Lisse († 1948)
• Amelia Elisabeth Claes, Kozen (B)
• Alice Winkler, Berlin-Spandau, Bezirk Spandau, Bundeshauptstadt Berlin
• Aartje Alida Louisa Stolk, Delft Z.H († 1878)
• Adriana de Vormer, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Adriana van Wijk, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriaantje van der Mark († 1949)
• Agatha Westerhuis, Loppersum († 1937)
• Alijda Maria van Herkhuizen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1880)
• Agatha Westerhuis, Loppersum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1937)

• Aart Lammerts Bos (85), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jans Grooten (62), Valthermond (Drenthe)
• Anna Paulina Frederika Hoek (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna JANSEN (69), Zutphen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham de Haaij (77), Leiden
• Leermakers (0), Strijp
• Abraham Hindriks Braam (71), Wildervank, Nederland
• Adriana Dina Vriesendorp (33), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Teunisse van der Pol (80), DE WERKEN EN SLEEUWIJK (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Wilhelmina van Vught (62), Haaren

• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
• 1873 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer († 1940)
• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)

• 1832 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on January 28, 1878 was about -1.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.