About the day » Wednesday January 9, 1878Calender converter

• Albert Boer, Groningen
• Adolphus ASSELMAN, Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1948)
• Alberta Antonia PHILIPS, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland († 1926)
• Adolphe Hubert Ghislain OLIVIE, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adolf Jacobus Noot, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1878)
• Alois Jozef Maria SMEYERS, Essen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1944)
• Alida Voerman, Hoogeveen nederland († 1949)
• Alida Catharina Johanna Braat, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Anna Maria de Visch Eybergen, Jakarta, Indonesië († 1961)
• Alberdina Bouwkamp, Glimmen, Haren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1878)

• Adriana van Unnik (82), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Willemsdr Houten (69), Hoogkarspel, Nederland
• Schellekens (0), Boxtel
• Adrianus Arnoldus van OPIJNEN (36), Zaltbommel
• Antje Houter (71), Hoogkarspel
• Adrianus Arnoldus van OPIJNEN (36), Zaltbommel (Gld.)
• Antoine Stemkens (73), Neer (Limburg)
• Anthonia Crusnel (72), Montfoort, 5492, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonius Koppers (90), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Joseph Drummen (40), Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)
• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)
• 1881 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet († 1956)
• 1881 » Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic († 1938)
• 1885 » Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1886 » Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer († 1943)

• 1848 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on January 9, 1878 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.