About the day » Sunday February 23, 1777Calender converter

• Anna Kop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleyda Cornelia Forsten, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland NL († 1851)
• Anna Catharina Rutten († 1781)
• Aaltjen Roelof OORDGIJSEN, Zelhem, Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1778)
• Aleijda ten Heuvel, Hoogeveen, Drente, Nederland
• Aaltjen Raaijen, Harderwijk († 1849)
• Aleida Cornelia Forsten, Groningen († 1851)
• Alijda ten Heuvel
• Aarijen BAKKER, Barsingerhorn,'t Horntje
• , Sint Andries

• Geertjen Stegeman (49), Harfsen (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Geertjen Stegenman (49), Almen
• Antonia Timmers (1), Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Jacobus VAN LOON (0), Merksplas, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Constance Lanckoronska (56)
• Christina Ensminger (10), Old, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
• Geertjen Gerritsen Stegeman (49), Almen
• Catharina Notermans (55), Limbricht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Barbara Rudi (73), Arisdorf Switz
• Hubertus ( Vevey ) Vyvey (53), Eernegem

• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• 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 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.
• December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

The temperature on February 23, 1777 was about 4.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.