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Born on Wednesday December 24, 1777
- Anne Françoise LUXEN, BODEUX, Liège, Belgique
- Anna Maria Blom, Zutphen († 1811)
- Daniel Todd IV, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1867)
- Adriana MOOIJAART († 1841)
- Bastiaan Willemse Remijn, Baarland († 1847)
- Anna Elisabeth VAN DINGENEN, Herselt Belgie
- Cornelis Brugge van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1778)
- Anna Elisabeth Van Der Auwera, Berlaar († 1849)
- Adriaantie Moyaert, Den Bommel († 1841)
- Berend Geerts Strijker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1848)
Died on Wednesday December 24, 1777
- Arij Cornelisz Verdegaal (66), Voorschoten, zh.nld
- Boudewyn BULCKE (82), Jabbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Cornelia Arendsdr Romeijn
- Adrianus Verdigael, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arij Cornelisz Verdegaal (66), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Fokke Piebes (Fokke), Friens, Friesland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Busch (6), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Francois Renaud (84), Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
- Aldegonda GIJSEN, Bree, Limburg, Belgium
- Arij Cornelisz Vredegaal (66), Voorschoten, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 24, 1777 at Delpher
Born on December 24
- 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
- 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
- 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
- 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
- 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
- 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
- 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
- 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
- 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)
- 1822 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic († 1888)
Died on December 24
- 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
- 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
- 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
- 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
- 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
- 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
- 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
- 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
- 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
- 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
Names that were popular for boys in 1777
Names that were popular for girls in 1777
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1777
- 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 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
- August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
- September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
- December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
- December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
Weather December 24, 1777
The temperature on December 24, 1777 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken.