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• Aalt Aartsen van Bokhorst, Putten († 1823)
• Anna Maria Smeets, Maasniel († 1822)
• Allegonda Heesterman, Delft († 1820)
• Aldert Kuijt, Katwijk († 1850)
• Alessius - Allexy Verwinnen, Brussel († 1849)
• Anna Maria Christina Henrietta Van Tuijll Van Serooskerken, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1806)
• Anna Maria Kok, Duistervoorde
• Anna Victoria Dumon, Roeselare († 1848)
• Adolf Jacobus Noot, Zwolle († 1860)
• ALBERTUS SCHACK, ASTENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• Geertruij Jansen de Gooyer (1), Veenendaal
• Anna Maria Van Slambrouck (75), Zwevezele, België
• bastiaan de REGT (56), rotterdam
• Cors Willemsz. van Sonnevelt (71)
• Elisabeth Jan Reijnders (70), Woensel
• Gerardo Dentice (81), Napoli, Italie
• Jacobus Jan van Asdonk (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Jansen Houwing (31), Anderen
• Bernardus van Beckum (56), Boxmeer
• Anna Catharina RECH (64), Ney / Halsenbach

• 1740 » Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver († 1813)
• 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
• 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
• 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
• 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
• 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
• 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1821 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar († 1865)
• 1822 » Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician († 1911)
• 1824 » Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer († 1879)

• 1645 » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
• 1710 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
• 1754 » Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)

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)
• April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.

The temperature on February 16, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.