About the day » Monday December 1, 1777Calender converter

• Arent Jacobs Bouwer, Diever (Drenthe) († 1849)
• Diliana van Zon, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christian STAUFFER († 1852)
• Catherine BURGER, Waldighofen (68640, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Catharijntje Bruigom, Haarlem
• , Beesd († 1855)
• Catharina Eleanora Hekkenberg, Buer, Barkhausen, Osnabruck, Duitsland
• Arent Brouwer, Diever, Drente, Nederland († 1849)
• Berlindus Verlinden, Velzeke-Ruddershove
• Bartha Johanna Cornelissen, Loenen

• Jannetje Huibregtse de Vriend (66), 's Gravenpolder
• Daniel Chase (50), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Gerardus Mollen (0), Dieden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Huig Bastiaansz Kruijt (71), Katwijk
• Guillielmus Van Neyghem (58), Baardegem
• Arie Buitendijk (0), Geervliet, 3211, Nederland
• Andreas Jacobs Spitters (85), Oudenbosch
• Jan BRUYNINCKX (68), Membruggen, 3770, Riemst, Limburg, België
• Aaltje Abrams Sluijs (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Huig Kruijt (71), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1709 » Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor († 1789)
• 1716 » Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor († 1791)
• 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum († 1850)
• 1792 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer († 1856)
• 1800 » Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet († 1855)
• 1805 » 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader († 1815)
• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)
• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)

• 1660 » Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
• 1729 » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
• 1750 » Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1767 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)

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)
• June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• 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 December 1, 1777 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.