What day of the week was January 16, 1878?

The day of the week January 16th, 1878 fell on was a Wednesday.

Harry Carey the American actor (d. 1947) was born on 16 January in 1878.

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.