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• Bastiaan van Besoijen, Klundert († 1860)
• , Rijswijk († 1878)
• Anna Maria De Grove, Contich
• Arnoldus Pieters van Roon, Gouda
• Christina Bagijn, Overschie († 1832)
• Adrianus Verbaten, Zevenbergen
• Christina Bagijn Bacchijn, Overschie († 1832)
• Caatje Prins, Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland († 1834)
• Adrianus De Backer, Rijkevorsel († 1858)
• Catherine Hoskyns, Harewood, Herefordshire, England († 1801)

• Claas Laurenszoon KIL (44), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Godelieve Hellebuyck (70), Tielt
• François BODUSSEAU (80), Néons-sur-Creuse, 36220, France
• Cornelis Frericx (44), Elden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dionijsius Tans (70), Heer, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Freriks (44), Elden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dionysius Tans (70), Heer
• Epke Waalkens (65), Eextra
• Cornelis Frericks (44), Elden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dionisis Tans (70), Heer

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1707 » Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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.
• April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• 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.
• August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.

The temperature on May 9, 1777 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.