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• Egidius Lauwers, Rapenburg, Nederland
• Catelijntje Koelenhoek, Hoek († 1829)
• Anna van de Weijer, Uden, Nederland († 1851)
• Anna van Oostvoorn, sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee) († 1842)
• Aaltje Jans Brussee, Rijnsburg
• Geertruyda Blaauw, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherland († 1777)
• Anna Sophia van Rijsoort, Dordrecht († 1856)
• Anna Maria Gaethofs, Lummen († 1841)
• Gerardus Netten, Waspik, Nederland († 1849)
• Gerardus van Akkeren, scheveningen (zuid holland) († 1845)

• Alardus Coijmans (52), Dreumel
• Helen Pakenham (32), Packenhamhall (akaTullynally) Mayne, Westmeath Fore Leinster (Granard) Ireland
• Hans Hirtle (Hirtlin) (75), Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Fop Sijmensz Schenk (75), Lekkerkerk
• jacob neveling (51), schiedam (zuid holland)
• Janna van den Ordel, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Xavier BOUDINS (47), Brugge, 8000, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Henricus Truijen (18), Horn, Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands
• NN, Ede
• Jan Berkman (82), Enkhuizen

• 1727 » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician († 1781)
• 1755 » Robert Gray, American captain and explorer († 1806)
• 1760 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer († 1836)
• 1760 » Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet († 1826)
• 1770 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1823)
• 1788 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer († 1827)
• 1812 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer († 1902)
• 1813 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General († 1883)
• 1838 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln († 1865)
• 1841 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster († 1918)

• 1717 » John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1726 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1774 » Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1787 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1794 » Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)
• 1798 » George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
• July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
• September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

The temperature on May 10, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.