About the day » Tuesday May 20, 1777Calender converter

• Catharina Meijsing, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
• Franciscus Bernardus WEYNE, Diksmuide
• Francisca Lahouter, Koekelare
• Anna Fleuren, Groesbeek, NL
• Antonius Roijmans, Lierop († 1838)
• Cornelia de Bruijn, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1858)
• catharina meysing, leiden († 1827)
• Anna Fluerkens, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gijsbert Willems Vuijst, Naarden († 1857)
• Anna Gertrud Buschhausen, Landkreis Mettmann, Ratingen, Rheinland, Deutschland

• Gertrudis Bolten (81), Maasbree
• Joanna van Mil (2), Schiedam leeftijd bij overlijden: 2 jaar oud
• Alexander Lamb, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christian Kerstein (0), Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Elsje Dirksdr van der Kemp (74), Hardinxveld
• Caspar Balthasar Johansz Doll van Ouryck (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geneviève (Morissette) Morisset (64)
• Ann Chew (73), West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
• Henricus Awater (69), Haldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Enne MEIES (62), Warkum (Workum), Nijefurd, Súdwest-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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.
• August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• 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.
• December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 20, 1777 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.