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• Aldegonda (Allegonde) Goorissen, Haelen, Li.NL († 1852)
• Bernard Jacques Stoove, Brugge,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1853)
• Elisabeth Monique Fructus, Bédoin, 84017, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Frankrijk
• Fredericus Joannes Laforce, Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1858)
• Aldegonda Goorissen, Haelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1852)
• Engeltje Cornelis Abe, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1799)
• Catherina Theresia Aernout, Langemark,8920,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1839)
• Berber Jans van der Kooi, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Catherine PRIEMEN, Zepperen,3800,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1848)
• Antje Tjerks Etsen, Hollum,Ameland, Nederland

• Joanna Margarita Stapelmans, Rotterdam
• Jannigje Johanna Elisabeth Noordeman (0), Gouda
• Cornelis Jansz Zwaan (43), Rijnsburg
• Henricus Draps (68), Strombeek-Bever, Grimbergen
• Jacobus Abrahamsz Vernee (75), Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David Thurston (50), Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• François-Louis d'Estourmel, château de Suzanne
• David Punderson (58), New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• George Campbell (77), Amherst, Amherst County, VA, United States
• Jacobus Abrahams Fern√© (Vernee) (74), Westmaas

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1700 » Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)

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)
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• 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.
• September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
• October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.

The temperature on May 5, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.