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• Aafje Middelburg, 's-Gravenzande († 1878)
• Lage, Drouwen, Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1878)
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• Adriana de Klerk, Nieuw en Sint Joosland († 1949)
• Aaltje Wolthuis, Leens, Groningen, Netherlands († 1953)
• Adrian Kunst, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• ? Scauflaire, Mons
• Aaltje Onnoosd Wolthuis, Wehe, gr.nld († 1953)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Willem Rijksen, Kesteren († 1949)
• Adriana Leendertse, Hoogblokland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)

• "Geert" Derks Hoeve (82), Rouveen (Staphorst), Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina - Katrina Kollmer (68), De Maten, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Ann Hutton Lizars (74), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Anna Coleta Demeurisy (92), De Klinge, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Adriaan Abraham van der Plank (0), Vlaardingen
• Adriana Christina Anderson (62), Rotterdam
• Anna BROEREN (0), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriana van Heumen (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van der Knaap (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Marijnissen (26), Hoeven,Gemeents Halderberge,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1859 » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1944)
• 1861 » Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1862 » Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer († 1950)
• 1866 » Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic († 1951)
• 1878 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author († 1940)
• 1882 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States († 1945)
• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)
• 1899 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress († 1969)
• 1901 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver († 1959)

• 1836 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, said to have designed the American Flag (b. 1752)
• 1838 » Osceola, American tribal leader (b. 1804)
• 1858 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
• 1869 » William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
• 1881 » Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
• 1889 » Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on January 30, 1878 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.