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• Aaltje Oskam, Bergambacht († 1853)
• Arie van Noort, Jutphaas († 1826)
• Albert Jakobs Hulshof, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 1812)
• Charlotte Gagne, La Malbaie, Québec († 1829)
• Bastiaantje van 't Zelfde, Ridderkerk
• Anne Marie Van Der Fraenen, Denderleeuw
• Alpha Hovey, Dudley, Worchester, Massachusetts († 1849)
• Aaltje Haring, Westzaandam
• Albert Wijtzes van Bruggen, Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Friesland, Nederland († 1821)
• Aaltje Cornelis Oskamp, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)

• Charity Tuttle (48)
• Aleijda Mechteld Cloppenborch (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Goulooze (0), Colijnsplaat
• Jacob Ariensz Monster (78), Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anne Marie KUEBLER (65), Feldbach (68640, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Jan Jacobs Vreeken (51), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henry Bunn (27), McLean, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Jacob Monster (78), Sint Anthoniepolder, Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eberhard Nicolaus Knippenberg (76), Brackel, Dortmund, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany
• Anna Steenvoorde (0), Wassenaar

• 1740 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician († 1849)
• 1747 » Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1777 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer († 1859)
• 1778 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist († 1858)
• 1794 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1852)
• 1809 » Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator († 1883)
• 1809 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright († 1852)
• 1809 » Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer († 1864)
• 1813 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) († 1898)
• 1819 » Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst († 1901)

• 1671 » Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
• 1723 » Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1661)
• 1741 » Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1751 » Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
• 1797 » Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (b.1745)
• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)

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 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 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 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• 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 31, 1777 was about 5.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.