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• Trijntje Jans Snaak, Oldehove Zuidhorn Groningen († 1834)
• Antje Siepts Wijnberg († 1845)
• Albert Sebastiaans ZOOTJES, Kalenberg († 1845)
• Antje Sijpts (Siepts) Wijnberg, Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna Dorothea Bosman, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Doede Jans van der Zee, Bakhuizen († 1832)
• Charles Servais HODY, Liège,4000,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE,Notre-Dame-aux-Fonts († 1852)
• Daniël Cornelisz Vianen, Rijnsburg
• Berentjen (2) Wassink, Hengelo (Bronckhorst)
• Berendjen Wassink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1805)

• Aert Ariensz BREUR (70), Alblasserdam
• Aart Arienszn Breur, Alblasserdam
• Cornelius van Ginneken
• Carolus Campers (1), Merksplas
• Hendrik Harte (1), Rotterdam
• Elizabetha de Beuckelaer
• Abigail Morse (80), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• John Way (82), Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Henricus van HOEK (40), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Janszn CAMERMAN (66), Veen

• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer († 1899)

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

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)
• March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
• October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
• November 15 » American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on August 21, 1777 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.