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• Bettie Gleason, Westborough, Massachusetts († 1808)
• Anna van Laarhoven, Gemeente Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1815)
• Anna Catharina Reijnders, Vlodrop († 1832)
• Catharina Brant, Steenbergen († 1860)
• Anna Geertruid Peters IJzerman, Wapenveld
• Anthonia VRIESENDORP, Dordrecht († 1778)
• Geerts Joannes, Meerle, Antwerpen, België
• Anna de Helt, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna Theresia SCHOORS, Zoerle-Parwijs,, Antwerpen, België († 1840)
• Anna Geertruid IJzerman (Peters), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1811)

• Ferdinand Raeman (0), Zaffelare
• Gozewinus (Goossen) Hofland (77), Naaldwijk
• Etienne Pons (76), Saint-Maurice-Navacelles, Hérault, Frankrijk
• Claude GROSJEAN (79), Servance,Haute Saone,Franche Comte,France
• Cornelius Arnoldus Beckers (49)
• Anna Maria Link
• Antoine DESSEIGNET (75), Mardore,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Hermann Wülfer, Hofe
• Catharina ver Cauteren (71), Waasmunster
• Jacobus CASTERMANS (64), Bilzen, 3740, Limburg, België

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)

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. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
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)
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• 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.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

The temperature on January 7, 1777 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.