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• Annette Couvert, Fleigneux († 1847)
• Catharina Otten, Hasselt (Dld), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Hendrina Ter Leth, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Asseltje Gerrits STOBBE, Steenwijk, Op het Verlaat († 1830)
• Cornelis Pelties, Amsterdam († 1814)
• Anna Elisebeth Schult te Vorst, Hünxe, Dinslaken, Rheinland
• Antonie Sas, Oostknollendam († 1844)
• Douwe Annes Wytsma, Sijbrandaburen
• Anna Catharina Deuster, Rückershausen, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Germany
• Ann Peck († 1778)

• Catharina Hemmes (1), Den Haag
• Johannes Wunderlich (0), Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Elisabeth ALGOET (4), Dworp,1653,Vlaams-Brabant,Bra, België
• Joannes DE MOL (77), Okegem
• Hubertus Spee (31), Lebanon
• Cornelia (0), Harderwijk
• Gerd Knetemann (39), Amsterdam
• Anthony van Lammerenberg, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dullaert (0), Temse
• Antonius van Lammerenberg (32), Driel

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• 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.
• 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 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
• December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

The temperature on August 1, 1777 was about 20.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.