About the day » Saturday July 5, 1777Calender converter

• Albertje Poelman, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1777)
• Francisca Marijnissen, Zegge/Roosendaal
• Aaltje Geerlings, Veessen († 1820)
• Anna Maria Helena Thomeeze, 's Gravenhage († 1847)
• Anne Boerstra, Broek, Nederland
• Arend Gerritsz Dekker., Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1826)
• Abigail 'Nabby' Porter, watertown mass († 1856)
• Egidius Marien, Zandhoven († 1838)
• Anne Rinderts, Broek, Skarsterl-N, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Ploegmans, Oosterhout († 1877)

• Harmen Welmers Smant (70), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Harm Welmers (Smant) (70), Zuidwolde
• ANNA MARIA GOMMERS, Pulderbos
• Francois Louis Jouenin (0), Beaumont
• Herm Welmers Smand (70), Zuidwolde, de Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Cornelis Daalder, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH)
• Geertje Kaptijn, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Cornelia (Janssen) Prop (40), Bergen op Zoom
• Josephus Cole (2), Sinaai
• Janna Stegeman, Vorden

• 1745 » Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet († 1824)
• 1755 » Sarah Siddons, English actress († 1831)
• 1780 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician († 1838)
• 1793 » Pavel Pestel, Russian officer († 1826)
• 1794 » Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist († 1851)
• 1801 » David Farragut, American admiral († 1870)
• 1802 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral († 1855)
• 1803 » George Borrow, British writer († 1881)
• 1805 » Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand († 1865)
• 1810 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1891)

• 1676 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613)
• 1715 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1719 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
• 1773 » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)

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 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• 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 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.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
• 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.

The temperature on July 5, 1777 was about 16.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.