About the day » Sunday June 8, 1777Calender converter

• Antonie Jansz Mooij, Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Stuij, Wijngaarden († 1858)
• Ariaantje Gerritsd van Muijen, Rotterdam († 1782)
• Adriana Stuij, Wijngaarden
• Anna Maria Groensmit, Amsterdam († 1838)
• Alberdina Alberts Stoter, Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1851)
• Adriana Stuij, Wijngaarden († 1858)
• Abraham de Koker († 1809)
• Anna Cecilia Braem, Lombardsijde, België († 1853)
• Anna Arnesdatter, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway († 1854)

• Andreas Daemen, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Frederike Christine van Goethe (26), Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
• Anna Reints, Groningen
• Joannes MARISSEN, Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Fenneke JANSEN (82), Terwolde,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Isabella Clara van Damme (51), Oostnieuwkerke,8840,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Carolus Josephus Cogen (0), Sint-Niklaas (België)
• Cornelia Friederike Christiana Goethe (26), Emmendingen, Allemagne
• Henricus Mertens (74), Olen
• Fenneke Jansen (87), Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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)
• September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• 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.
• 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 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
• December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

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