4th » Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman Empire or Ottoman rule.
9th » Umberto I of Italy known as Umberto I becomes House of Savoy or King of Italy.
16th » Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Battle of Philippopolis (1878) Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a Squadron (army) squadron of Russian Empire Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman Empire Ottoman rule.
24th » The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
28th » 'Yale Daily News' becomes the first daily Student newspaper named college newspaper in the United States.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1878
1st » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)
2nd » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist (d. 1970)
4th » A. E. Coppard, English poet and author (d. 1957)
4th » Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)
6th » Adeline Genée, Danish-English ballerina (d. 1970)
6th » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
11th » Theodoros Pangalos (general) known as Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
12th » Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)
13th » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
13th » Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
15th » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
16th » Harry Carey (actor born 1878) or Harry Carey, American actor (d. 1947)
19th » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)