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• Lammigje Botter, Alteveer
• Adriana Johanna Korteweg, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1931)
• Volker, Werkendam († 1877)
• Aaltje van der Sluis, Steenwijkerwold († 1904)
• Albert Andreas Hinkes Beyert, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1930)
• Albertus van Scherpenzeel, Vinkeveen en Waverveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Spaan, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1952)
• Aalt van de Pol, Ermelo
• Adrianus Mattheus Droog, Maassluis, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Mattheus Droog, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)

• Albert Bruins (39), Vuile-riete (Zuidwolde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Floris Jorna (20)
• Antje Tjeerds Jorna (20), Irnsum
• Aafje Eijlander (10), Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marijtje Balvert (1), Zegveld
• Bernardus Keulemans (80), Oosterhout
• Albertus van Luijn (2), Utrecht
• Aaltje Dekker (16), Noord C210, Noord, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Antje van der Linde (7), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje de Jonge (0), Scheemda

• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)
• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)

• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on December 7, 1877 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.