About the day » Sunday December 14, 1777Calender converter

• Alberdina Witvoet, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1857)
• Huberta Verdegaal, Lisse († 1848)
• Aafje Wegman, Twisk
• Anna Elisabeth Sempels, Rillaar, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Abraham Noorlander, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1778)
• Aaltjen (Philips) Schoolderman, Holten († 1852)
• Anna Petronilla De Backer, Oosterzele, Oost Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Boerdam, Olst
• Adriaan Kruisbeek, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1782)
• Anna Lodder, Zwijndrecht († 1837)

• Elizabeth Colton (1)
• Aleidis Tielen (Tilen) (82), Eksel
• Grietje Hendriks Fleuren (32), Zwartsluis
• Alida (Aaltje) Mol (72), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Mol (72), Vianen, Nederland
• Catherine BLAISE (62), MALMEDY, Liège, Belgique
• Hendrik van der Weijden (24), Haarlem
• Elizabeth Aylett (72), Caroline, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Hendriks MOL, Vianen, 5558, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jannetje Storm (0), Monster

• 1730 » Capel Bond, English organist and composer († 1790)
• 1738 » Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator († 1814)
• 1775 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College († 1852)
• 1775 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and politician († 1860)
• 1777 » Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone († 1839)
• 1784 » Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily († 1806)
• 1789 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist († 1831)
• 1791 » Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet († 1823)
• 1794 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician († 1872)
• 1816 » Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi and educator († 1889)

• 1715 » Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636)
• 1735 » Thomas Tanner, English bishop and historian (b. 1674)
• 1741 » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (b. 1661)
• 1785 » Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (b. 1714)
• 1788 » Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
• 1799 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (b. 1765)
• 1838 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (b. 1806)
• 1842 » Ben Crack-O, king of several tribes around Cape Palmas

• 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 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
• 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 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

The temperature on December 14, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.