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• Anton Nagel, Winterberg, Kreis Brilon
• Adrianus Cornelissen, Minderhout (België) († 1857)
• Aartje Ariesdr Bakker († 1862)
• Anne Catherine Aubin, Breteville sur Ay, Manche, France († 1782)
• Antonie Anthonie van der Velden, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium († 1833)
• Aartje BAKKER, Sliedrecht
• Anna Hendrina Vrijbergen, Amsterdam († 1795)
• Anna Magdalena Borgsteede, Amsterdam († 1784)
• Anna_Berendina~Jacobus Widmer, Ljouwert
• Arendje Jacobsdr Zwanenburg, Katwijk aan Zee

• Abiather Houghton (50), Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Cornelia van Tol (40), Noordwijkerhout aangegeven
• Helena Petrus Willemsen (63), Zundert, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• anna maria grundhoffer (7), zewen saare allemagne
• Catharina FOCK (81), Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Paulusd de RUIJTER (3)
• Agnes Plasmans (77)
• Arien van Tiel (40), gorinchem (zuid holland)
• Jacobus den Os (0), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Geffen (45), Helmond

• 1735 » John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University († 1815)
• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)

• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

• 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
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on January 8, 1777 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.