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• Arie Peek, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1832)
• Anne Marie Guillemette Perrine BLANCHARD, Saint-Pierre-De-Plesguen,35720,Ille-Et-Vilaine,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Cornelia Crelisse Keele, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1843)
• Antonia HARINK, Raalte († 1868)
• Anna Magdalena Tesch, Pfalzdorf,Kleve,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Bundesrepublick Deutschland,Goch († 1821)
• Anna Maria Helmonts, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adelheid Spalthoff, Heek
• Catharina Peelen, Loo (Duiven)
• Antonia Joannis Harink, Tieraan, Raalte († 1811)

• Geesken Gerritsen, Imhuisen, gericht Steenderen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Lambrecht Van Aert (34), Loenhout
• Daniel, Franois Van Mossevelde (83), Overmere
• Daniel Hogewerf (49), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Daniel Franciscus Van Mossevelde (83), Overmere
• Elisabetha van Mierlo (38), Best
• Frans Pieterzn van Antwerpen (41)
• Frans Pietersz van Antwerpen (50), Monster
• "Elisabeth Jozefs" Elisabetha Elisabetha (38), Best, NL
• Georg Hackenbracht (49), Melbach, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
• 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
• 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
• 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
• 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
• 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
• 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
• 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)
• 1814 » Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess († 1858)
• 1814 » John Colenso, British mathematician († 1883)

• 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)

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)
• June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

The temperature on January 24, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken mist.