About the day » Sunday June 8, 1777Calender converter

• Andries Blok, Loosduinen, Nederland († 1853)
• Anna Arnesdatter, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway († 1854)
• Adrianus Hilgersom, Kethel
• Antje de Weijer, Vianen
• Aaltien Jans Gerrits, Ruinerwold, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1848)
• Adrianus van de Graaf, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kloet, Kruiningen
• Anna Maria Groensmit, Amsterdam († 1838)
• Anna Gertruida Catharina Gijben, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrana Stuij († 1858)

• Carolus Piterse, Nieuw Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus Mertens (74), Olen
• Fenneken Jansen (87), Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hiskia Gesina Geertruida de la Rive (24)
• Andreas Daemen, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Fenneken Jansen (87), Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Fenneke Jansen (87), Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Reints, Groningen
• Jean Derveau (71), Dour
• Carolus Josephus Cogen (0), Sint-Niklaas (België)

• 1717 » John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island († 1795)
• 1724 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge († 1794)
• 1745 » Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer († 1818)
• 1757 » Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal († 1824)
• 1788 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky († 1869)
• 1810 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic († 1856)
• 1829 » John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator († 1896)
• 1831 » Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1917)
• 1842 » John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts († 1918)
• 1851 » Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist († 1940)

• 1714 » Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
• 1727 » August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
• 1768 » Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
• 1771 » George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
• 1795 » Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
• 1809 » Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)

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)
• April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
• 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.
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• 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 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on June 8, 1777 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken.