About the day » Thursday April 24, 1777Calender converter

• ANNA CHRISTINA STOKEBRAND, Vollenhove
• Ariana Lammerenberg, Maasdriel († 1841)
• Arjen, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Visser, Goes, Zeeland, NL († 1844)
• Anna Maria De Coninck, Baal († 1812)
• Adriana van Lammerenberg, Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1841)
• , Son en Breugel († 1855)
• Apolonia Sijmesch Westgeest, Oegstgeest († 1857)
• Adrianus Arie QUISPEL, Numansdorp, 6176, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Agatha Mensink, Nigtevecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1828)

• Cornelia Meinarda Pasques de Chavonnes (73)
• Elijsabeth Scheele, Terneuzen
• Adrianus Joannis Kerckhoff (55), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adam Stewart ** (18), Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Amalia Murray (44)
• Anna van Loon (81), Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna van Loon (81), Alphen en Riel
• Catharina Keukelaar (80), Zaamslag Zld
• Adrianus Cornelis Mommers (57), Tilburg
• Catharina Eerdikens, Duizel

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)

• 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)
• 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 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
• 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 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
• October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• 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 April 24, 1777 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht.