About the day » Thursday November 27, 1777Calender converter

• Cornelis van der Meer, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Doesburg, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1818)
• Elisabeth Feisel, Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg († 1824)
• Cornelis Schoenmakers, Berkel-Enschot, Tilburg († 1855)
• Alardus Hillen, Blerick († 1777)
• Cornelius Schoenmakers, Berkel-Enschot, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Cornelis van Raaij, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1854)
• Catharina Elisabeth BOSMAN, Suederwick, NRW, DE
• Alexander Müller, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1778)
• Carolus Domen, Meer († 1853)

• Jannigje Berents (50), Vianen
• Henry Stauffer (48), Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Françoise REGNARD (46), Saint-Martin-le-Beau, 37270, France
• Jan Jacobs
• Jan Jacobs Pekel (57)
• Gabriel Jean DEHOLLANDER (0), Gijverinkhove-38002--Belgique
• Mathijs Albert SNOEKS (30), Erp, 3557, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Mattheus Joannes Deblaere (69), Tielt
• Heinrich Stauffer (53), Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Neeltie Folkerts Schellingwou (25), Harlingen

• 1746 » Increase Sumner, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts († 1799)
• 1746 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs († 1813)
• 1754 » Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist († 1794)
• 1759 » Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer († 1831)
• 1779 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1865)
• 1804 » Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer († 1885)
• 1809 » Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet († 1893)
• 1814 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States († 1886)
• 1820 » Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States († 1905)
• 1823 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria († 1899)

• 1703 » Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
• 1754 » Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1811 » Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
• 1819 » Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
• 1830 » André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
• 1875 » Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
• 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)

• 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
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• 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."
• October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.

The temperature on November 27, 1777 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.