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• Berend Jans Katerberg, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1855)
• ANNA ELISABETH TRIEKELS, HOUTALEN († 1834)
• Anna Theresia Vandenberghe, Eernegem († 1844)
• Aaltje Borg, IJsselham,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1848)
• Albert Jacobs Oostland, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1839)
• Beerent Jans Katerberg, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1855)
• Barbara Kauffman († 1839)
• Albert Roeberts van Lohuizen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1826)
• Adriaan van Kuijk, Gilze
• Anne Joseph Vanderplaest, Hoves

• Abraham de Vries (71)
• Jannes Hiepkes (5)
• Anne-Céleste Carpentier (86), Saint-Cuthbert, d'Autray, Québec, Canada
• Abram de Vries (57)
• Jacobus Piens (69), Bottelare
• Abraham Hendricksz de Vries (71)
• Isabella SCHOOLMEESTER (39), Blankenberge
• Jacoba Boeser
• johannes willemsz van der laan (54), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Ariaantje Dirks Monde, Westzaandam

• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

• 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 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
• 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.
• 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 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 19, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder.