About the day » Wednesday December 24, 1777Calender converter

• Abraham van Dale, Sluis {ZE}
• Alof Wilmink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1846)
• Cornelius Van Ammel, Beerse († 1839)
• Adelaïde Josepha Nollet, Wervik, West-Vlaanderen (B) († 1834)
• Anje, Menkeweer
• Eeva Erkintytär, Putus, Karelië, Finland († 1778)
• Anna Emilie van Picot de Dampierre, Parijs († 1852)
• Adriana MOOIJAART († 1841)
• Eelke van der Weide, Bozum, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Anne Spooner, Aston, Warwickshire, England († 1847)

• Aart Jansen (55), Lunteren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bastiaan Eckerse van de Werve, Oudewater
• Christiaan Heijkoop, Rotterdam
• Balduinus Bulcke, Jabbeke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Fooke Fokke Pybes (77), Grouw, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Pieters Valkenburg, Gouda
• Boudewyn BULCKE (82), Jabbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Christopher Mothershead (53), Craven, South Carolina, United States
• van Horne, Roggel, Limburg, Nederland
• Baldewinus BULCKE, Jabbeke

• 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
• 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
• 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
• 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
• 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)
• 1822 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic († 1888)

• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)

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)
• January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• 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.
• 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."
• 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 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

The temperature on December 24, 1777 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken.