About the day » Thursday October 2, 1777Calender converter

• Catherine COURDON, Barbentane, Bouches-Du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'azur, France († 1778)
• Cecile Delphine EUSTACHE, Longjumeau, 91345, Essonne, Île-de-France, France († 1777)
• Augustin Frederich (Friedrich Augustin) (Gustavus?) Rass (Rast), Hemsen, Meppen, 49716, Duitsland († 1818)
• Adriaan Pieter van EERSSEL, 's-Gravenmoer, Noord Brabant
• Catharina van Lindt, Overpelt, Limburg, Belgium († 1832)
• Anna Voogd, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Arie Franken, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartjen Albers, Wilp, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hannes, Veerle († 1837)
• Bird Lanier († 1819)

• Antonia NUNNIKHOVEN (0), Dordrecht
• Fittig (0)
• Beletje Koenders (33), Amsterdam
• Filippus Vethaak (0), Delft
• Ariana Teunis Blokker (0), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Child Jan BEX (0), Nuenen (NL/NB)
• Anna Maria Prevost (73), Dentergem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Jacobus (Jacob) Lenders (Leenders) (Linders) (82), Hommersum (Pruisen)
• haitze jans faber, makkum
• Jacobus Denik (0), Maassluis

• 1718 » Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic († 1800)
• 1727 » Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic († 1806)
• 1768 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician († 1854)
• 1798 » Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) († 1849)
• 1800 » Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader († 1831)
• 1815 » James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania († 1901)
• 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
• 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
• 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
• 1832 » Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic († 1917)

• 1709 » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
• 1724 » François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
• 1746 » Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
• 1764 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
• 1775 » Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 » John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
• 1782 » Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)

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. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
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 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
• January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
• December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

The temperature on October 2, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.