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• Albert Jan van Leusen, Deventer († 1959)
• Adrianus Jaspers, Etten-Leur († 1905)
• Anna Cornelia EEKELEN, van, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hermina Adriana Starrevelt, utrecht († 1877)
• Alida Margo van der List, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Adriana van den Blink, Groote Lindt (Zwijndrecht) († 1953)
• Adriaan Jaspers, Etten-Leur († 1905)
• Jan Visscher, Den Ham († 1954)
• Alida Margo van der List, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1917)
• Adriana de Haan († 1955)

• Antonius Ambrosius Laanen (0), Rotterdam
• Adriaan van Gorsel (6), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Huiberts (61), Utrecht
• Adriana Heijnsdijk (66), Axel
• Andriesa Henrietta Maria Maal (81), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van Oijen (0), Renesse
• Adrianus Verwoerd (6), Lange Ruige Weide
• Adolph Bello (73), Brummen
• Antonia van Kastel (71), Halsteren
• Antje Bruijn (39), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
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. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
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 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on July 20, 1877 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.