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• Albert Jansz Degelink, Enkhuizen († 1852)
• Aart Roelofsen van 't Net, Barneveld († 1834)
• Aaltje van Leijenhorst, Hoevelaken
• Anna Elisabeth Smeets, Elsloo († 1844)
• Aaltje Rosier, Amersfoort
• Aart van 't Net, Barneveld († 1834)
• Anne SMITH († 1829)
• Aart Roelofsen van het Net, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1834)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Becker, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Barten van Leijenhorst, Hoevelaken

• Claude LEBEAU (44), Dion-le-Mont, Waals-Brabant, België
• Élisabeth NITHARD (4), Eschentzwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Anna Vaessen (40), Bree
• Henricus Lieving, Praest
• Geertruide RADEMAKERS, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelius Luljé (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus KETELS (0), Zwevezele
• Gerrit Jan Kremer (67), Varsseveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joanna Geurts (2), Veldwezelt
• Jacobus Arriens (40), Ameland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1728 » Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor († 1804)
• 1730 » Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher († 1816)
• 1745 » Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor († 1799)
• 1757 » Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire († 1839)
• 1766 » Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher († 1838)
• 1771 » Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet († 1855)
• 1776 » Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet († 1859)
• 1810 » L. L. Langstroth, American apiarist, clergyman and teacher († 1895)
• 1821 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross († 1912)
• 1825 » Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon († 1895)

• 1676 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
• 1683 » Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634)
• 1730 » Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)
• 1758 » James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
• 1784 » Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
• 1796 » Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)
• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1824 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)
• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)

• 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
• July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• 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.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on December 25, 1777 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken.