About the day » Wednesday August 27, 1777Calender converter

• Clement Sponselee, Boschkapelle († 1855)
• Freektje Harms Mulder, Nieuwe Pekela († 1854)
• Barbara Theresia VerCauteren, Temse
• Geertruid Pelskamp, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1849)
• Aris~Lz Dik, Oostknollendam († 1838)
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Vlaardingen († 1849)
• Geertruij Pelskamp, Warnsveld († 1849)
• Gesina ter List, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1857)
• Gerrit~Dz Klomp, Veenhuizen († 1779)
• Geertruijd Pelskamp († 1849)

• Anna Leijten (13), Aalst (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Joannes Baptist Engelen (77), Kwaadmechelen 3945(Belgie)
• Christina Markus (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Engelen (54), Retie
• Johann Ziegler (0)
• Agneta Stads (2), Rotterdam
• Johannes Barueth
• Aagje Laurens van der Vlugt (79), Poortugaal
• Jean HARTMANN (0), Habsheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• joanna jennemie Munsters (34), Deurne

• 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)
• 1827 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland († 1897)
• 1845 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth († 1914)

• 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)

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)
• January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
• April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.

The temperature on August 27, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.