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• Anne Cornelis Lingsma, Hemrik († 1844)
• antonij kruijsen, tilburg († 1843)
• Abigael de Semual Hananel de Meza, Suriname († 1777)
• Anna Maria Brits, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelius van der Loght, Oosterhout
• Berend Hendrik te Kampe, Aalten
• Dirk Setteur, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1835)
• Agnes MCLEOD, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Charlotta Kock, Emmerich, Hertzogtum Kleve († 1856)
• Adriana van den Muijsenberg

• Anna Staats, Oud-Vossemeer, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Hillegien Geerts Hoving (31), Zuidbarge, gem. Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gertrudis Elisabeth Hunfeld (10), Heede, Emsland
• Joannes Franciscus Willems (44), Tielt-Winge (Sint-Joris), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Dieuwkje Justus Halbetsma (62), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Eeuwits Van Der GIESSEN (42), 's-Gravendeel
• Aafje Harmens' Spaans (64), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Douwe Tjeerds Bruinsma (6), Britsum, 9055, Nederland
• Lt. Samuel Dudley (110), Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Sleghers (52), Dessel

• 1738 » Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress († 1796)
• 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
• 1774 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy († 1857)
• 1794 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1877)
• 1814 » John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
• 1815 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales († 1896)
• 1818 » Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist († 1894)
• 1819 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter († 1910)
• 1827 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1832 » Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon († 1917)

• 1661 » Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
• 1675 » Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
• 1690 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
• 1702 » Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
• 1707 » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
• 1781 » Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
• 1797 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)

• 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."
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• 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 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 27, 1777 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.