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• Bernardus Wilhelmus Aussel, Rotterdam
• Elizabeth Crijnen, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1871)
• Bastianus Verhagen, Dinther, NL
• Cornelis Padmos, Oosterland, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1821)
• Christiaan Broekhuis, Honesch, 7481, Nederland († 1830)
• Anthonie Cornelis van Vollenhoven, Rotterdam († 1840)
• Arij van Velsen, Kruiningen
• Berend Hendriksen van Os, Ermelo († 1835)
• Ernestine Skrbenska van Hriste († 1854)
• Anje Arents, Nieuwolda, Nederland

• Jannetje Alewijns Maan (79), BerkelRodenrijs
• Francois Xavier Marsac (71), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alle Bartels (42)
• Friedrich Schneider (0), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joannes Baptist van Steen (3), Lillo-Kruisweg, 2040, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Gerardus Pekels (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jeanne DAENEN, Tongeren (Lauw),3700,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Elizabeth Woodson (43), Goochland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• EGIDIUS GILISSEN (76), Heugem
• Arij Pietersz van der Tak (39), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1729 » Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort († 1785)
• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)

• 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)

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.
• July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
• August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
• December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

The temperature on November 17, 1777 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.