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• Aaltje van Aalderen, Zalk en Veecaten († 1879)
• Albert Otten, Nieweroord, Westerbork, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1877)
• Anna Janssen, Wilson Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin
• Aartje van den Bosch, Nunspeet († 1953)
• Albert Alberts Otten, Westerbork
• Alida Bank, Sloten († 1950)
• Anna BENGTSEN, Wongara Scrub, Kalkie, Bundaberg, Qld Australia († 1929)
• Alida Steen, Velsen († 1878)
• Adam van Wering, Groningen († 1942)
• Anna Pearl McCain, Mississippi († 1942)

• Aaltje Bos (63), Epe (Gld Nederland
• Anna Henrica ter Beek (84), Tiel
• Alijda Spaan, Odijk
• Alijdis Spaan (79), Odijk
• Alijdis (Aaltje) spaan (79), Odijk, Nederland
• (l.l.) van der Snoek (0), Ouder-Amstel
• Alida Kamman (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrica ter Beek (84), Tiel Gld
• Albert Johan Wientjen (35), Elst, Nederland
• (J)anna Elizabeth van de Graaff (75), Asch(buren)

• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• 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.
• June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on December 27, 1877 was about -1.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.