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• Aaltje Hendriks Wijker, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Agnès CHATELAIN, Vomécourt sur Madon († 1847)
• Abraham Tjallings Hofman, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1831)
• Elisabeth Lucht, Amsterdam
• Claude PERILLON, Dunières, 43087, 43220, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France († 1821)
• Aalken Geerdink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Bos, Giethoorn († 1820)
• Benoit Alexandre DAVID, Berchem,, Antwerpen, België († 1837)
• alexandre NICODEME, Saint-Symphorien (Belgium) Hainaut
• Elisabeth Wils, Schilde († 1841)

• Albert Stet- (49), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Antonius Champaigne (67), Velm, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
• Aleida Berendina Gesink (0), Varseveld
• Antoine CHAMPAGNE (67), Velm,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Adrianus DEIJKERS (0), Standdaarbuiten, Moerdijk, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Livinus De Vetter, Nazareth
• Joannus Weijll (84), Keulen
• Gertrude Beels (60), Velm, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
• Elbert Gijsbertsen de Mots (1)
• Girolamo Filangieri Prins van Cuto (62), Palermo, Sicilië

• 1712 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay († 1779)
• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)

• 1691 » Marquis de St Ruth, French general
• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)

• 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.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• 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 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 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on July 12, 1777 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.