About the day » Sunday March 23, 1777Calender converter

• Adriaan Marinusz. Boon, Colijnsplaat († 1820)
• Albert Davids Meiboom, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1847)
• Andries Steffens, Schiermonnikoog, fr.nld († 1862)
• Albert Mol († 1783)
• Andries Rutgers de Jong, Eernewoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1813)
• Adriana Aalbertse Verheij, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1777)
• Abraham Duijvelaar, Willemstad († 1825)
• Alida Keijlewer, amsterdam
• Albert Andries Mol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria De Wever, Oosterzele, Oost Vlaanderen, België

• Maria Sophia Donners Donders (44), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Isabella Francisca VAN den BROUCKE (59), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Johannes Battenberg (57), Neukirchen, Hessen Duitsland
• Garret Voorhees (0), Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
• Jacobus Cobussen (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Judocus Boeykens (87), Bornem
• Gerardus van den Heuvel
• Klaas (Claas) Harkes, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Marie Angelique TAFFIN (40), Lorgies (62)
• Gertrude van Cortlandt (90)

• 1732 » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France († 1800)
• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
• 1823 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States († 1885)
• 1826 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer († 1917)
• 1834 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1838 » Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist († 1908)

• 1680 » Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
• 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
• 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
• 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
• 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)

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.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on March 23, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.