About the day » Thursday July 24, 1777Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Wessels, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltjen WESTERVELD, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Geertruida van Maris, Borkel († 1846)
• Elisabetha CAMPS, Blitterswijck, Limburg, Nederland († 1853)
• Garrit Jan Oonk, Brinkheurne, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlandss
• Anna Catharina (Cajsa) Westerberg
• Dirk van Luijk, Harderwijk
• Elzabeth Kuijken, Haelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Kouters, Zevenbergen
• Antoine Chrétien PROSMAN, Oreye (Otrange),4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE

• Antje Jans, Bergum
• *Luther Barber (40), Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
• Elisabeth Hoffmann (68), Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacob Pietersz Verdoorn (0), Werkendam
• Godefrida Verstegen (37), Roggel
• Joannes HENDRIX, Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Joannes Hendrix, Bree
• Josina van Looij (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• François BOUTEILLE (69), Longueuil, Qc
• Antje Reinders (52), Bergum

• 1725 » John Newton, English sailor and priest († 1807)
• 1757 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter († 1825)
• 1783 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela († 1830)
• 1786 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer († 1843)
• 1794 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist († 1865)
• 1802 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright († 1870)
• 1803 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic († 1856)
• 1803 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect († 1892)
• 1821 » William Poole, American boxer and gangster († 1855)
• 1826 » Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist († 1902)

• 1601 » Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542)
• 1612 » John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567)
• 1739 » Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)

• 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.
• June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
• 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 24, 1777 was about 18.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken regen.