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• Alpheld Agnes "Alpha" Strom, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• * Gerrit Borgardijn, Arnhem († 1904)
• Afke Bouwhuis, Bolsward († 1957)
• Albert Hovenkamp, Zuidlaren († 1897)
• Aaltje Posch, Durgerdam († 1878)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Loth, Soerabaja († 1940)
• Agatha Cornelia Johanna Donkers, 's-Gravenhage († 1932)
• Aalbertha Jacoba Hooijer, Nijkerk († 1926)
• Adriaan Hooze, Zonnemaire († 1943)
• Akke Jurks Wiersma, Driesum, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)

• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maatjens (1), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Aljens Brouwer (47), Rottevalle
• Antje van Gameren (84), Neerijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Alje(n)s Brouwer (47), Rottevalle
• Abele Hendriks de Vries (1), Steenwijkerwold
• Anne Aljes (Aijes) Brouwer (47), Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Artje (Antje) van Gameren (83), Neerijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berbel Korsman (1), Poortvliet
• Aagje van den Berg (28), Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cabooter (0), Rotterdam

• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

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.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

The temperature on August 7, 1877 was about 22.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.