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• Anna Janse Dekker, Aagtekerke († 1841)
• Elisabeth Schmidt, Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antonius Polman, Zeddam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabth Maria Bouwvink, Delft († 1859)
• Cornelius Gerardi Joannis van Wanrooij, Erp († 1837)
• Edzard Remkes, Weiwerd
• Anna Marie Magdalene Heens, Langdorp, België († 1848)
• Anthonie Janse de Vrede, Brouwershaven († 1832)
• Edzard Remkes Vos, Weiwerd († 1842)
• Andreas Kobits, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• Aafje Hendricks Koenis, Bovenkarspel, North Holland, Netherlands
• Dirk Klerk (75), Lekkerkerk
• Hermina Sweers
• Hendrina van Raaij (0), Beers
• Huybert van Vloten (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dirk Klerk (75), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hubert Joseph VOZ (43), Vaux-Chavanne, 6960, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Geurtje Franssen van der Zande (2), Ede
• Gustave Wilhelmina le Vaillant (35), Zwolle
• Anna Agatha Katharina WASENMÜLLER (60), Kirch-Beerfurth, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse, Germany

• 1722 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1770)
• 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1757 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba († 1826)
• 1760 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general († 1829)
• 1792 » Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician († 1861)
• 1819 » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania († 1873)
• 1819 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet († 1898)
• 1825 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician († 1891)
• 1842 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter († 1910)
• 1849 » John Milne, English seismologist and geologist († 1913)

• 1644 » Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
• 1662 » Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1769 » Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
• 1777 » Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
• 1803 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• 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.

The temperature on December 30, 1777 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.