About the day » Saturday March 8, 1777Calender converter

• Aaltje Sjoukes Visser, Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1859)
• Anna Catharina Isenrott, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Bilk, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1832)
• Aaltje BOURGONJE († 1778)
• Arien Pietersz Nol, Sint Pancras, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Aaltje Jans de Jonge, IJhorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1870)
• Adrianus Eyckens, Kasterlee († 1823)
• Anne MACHBAR, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1835)
• Aaltjen De Jonge, IJhorst, Overijssel, Netherlands(Staphorst) († 1870)
• Anna, Catharina Beltzer, Frickhofen, Hessen-Nassau, Preussen, Dld († 1840)
• Alida Passant, Leiden

• anne barbe marie MAURNAUT (79), Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Helena Arnoldus TIELEN (80), Vlierden, 4337, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Mostert (38), Maasland
• hendrik PIJL (82), giessendam
• Cornelia Johannese Kaashoek (37), Tholen
• Ignace (Ignatius) Blomme (59), Lichtervelde
• Bartha Hendriks van Driel (25), Leiden
• Jannetje Frans Pelkoorn (49)
• Cornelia Kaashoek (37), Tholen, Nederland
• Helena Aert Tielen (80), Vlierden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)
• 1827 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist († 1875)
• 1830 » João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator († 1896)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

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. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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)
• January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• 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 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

The temperature on March 8, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.