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• Eleonore Katharina Charlotte Dittmar, Neunkirchen im Odenwald († 1848)
• Anna Margaretha Meier, Heede, Emsland († 1835)
• Ambrosuis Steenlack, Hilligersberg († 1829)
• Dirkje Abels Smit, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1844)
• Albertje Kars Albertien Peulinga, Noordlaren, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1859)
• Anna COOPMANS, Eigenbilzen,3740,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1872)
• Anna Andreas Hechler, Beedenkirchen, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Deutschland († 1840)
• Barbara Fierens, Cambron
• Adriaan Jonkheer van Riemsdijk, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1855)
• Annie Fletcher, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

• Barbe Thérèse Theriat (72), La Roche-en-Brénil, 21 Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
• Anna Beata Magdalena Christiana Heinz (26)
• HENDRIK VAN DER WEIJDE (24), Haarlem, Nederland
• Bote Tjammes (103), Ferwerd
• Elizabeth Marriott (78), Harpole, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
• Hendrik Gerritsz Van Den HONAERT (58), Strijen
• Bote Tjammes, Ferwerd
• Adrianus Remue (67), Scheldewindeke,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna De Kerf (76), Bazel
• Atrusje Breunis, Putten

• 1721 » Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer († 1805)
• 1728 » Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer († 1804)
• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)
• 1806 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician († 1838)
• 1813 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist († 1885)

• 1669 » Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
• 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
• 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
• 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
• 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
• 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)

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)
• April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, 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 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on December 9, 1777 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.