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• Adriaan Willems de Graaf, Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Schaap, Nijmegen († 1841)
• Aaltje Alles Dijkstra, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Meesters, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Audier, rotterdam
• Alice Cadwallader (OHIO) Lukens, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States († 1856)
• Andries Dijkgraaf, Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Andries van Welij, Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1831)
• Aaltje Franzen, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1777)
• Amandus Verstappen, Tongerlo, 3960, België († 1809)

• Katharina de Valk (0), Rotterdam-Janskerkhof
• Clara Theresia Godin, Verviers (België)
• Catharina Andries (73), Okegem (B)
• Florentine Wilhelmina Borre van Amerongen (58)
• Hendrik Laros (17), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francisca Bouwens (65), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eva Elisabeth Hautz (54)
• Isaac Johansz Liser (55), Waterlandkerkje
• Geertrui Alide Weijtjens (67), Zalk
• Elizabeth Anne Eppes (88), Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America

• 1718 » David Brainerd, American missionary († 1747)
• 1723 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician († 1781)
• 1727 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat († 1794)
• 1745 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist († 1826)
• 1748 » Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian († 1831)
• 1772 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general († 1824)
• 1808 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France († 1873)
• 1816 » Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer († 1895)
• 1818 » Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer († 1893)
• 1826 » Dinah Craik, English author and poet († 1887)

• 1703 » Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)
• 1769 » Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)

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)
• January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 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.

The temperature on April 20, 1777 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.