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• Aalt Evertsz van de Kamp, Barneveld († 1820)
• Cornelis Van der Veeken (Veken), Princenhage († 1815)
• Annetje Dirksd MULLAART, Oud-Beijerland
• Aalt Evertsen van de Kamp, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1820)
• Barbara de Rijcke, Bazel († 1861)
• Anna de Vriese, Wingene,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1832)
• "Francesco" Gennaro Giuseppe Saverio Giovanni Battista di Borbone-Due Sicilie, Napoli, Italie († 1830)
• Cornelia Bloemen, Cuijk († 1821)
• Dominique François HUGUENIN, Sailly-Labourse,62735,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1862)
• Aaltje van Cleef, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland

• Hans Casper Yost (65), Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
• Gerrit Dirkszn. Kleiweg (52), Overschie
• Gerrit Kleyweg (49), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Egmond (4), Koog, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Edward WILLIAMS (37), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Hendrik Gijsbertsz BOER (2)
• Cornelis van Egmond (33), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Dirksz Kleyweg (48), Overschie
• Amboise Jean Antoine ARNOL (64)
• Cornelis van Egmond (33), Rijnsburg

• 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
• 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
• 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
• 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
• 1805 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1865)
• 1821 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1881)
• 1821 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton († 1892)
• 1834 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher († 1923)
• 1836 » Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect († 1907)
• 1839 » Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic († 1894)

• 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)

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 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
• June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
• August 22 » British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• 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 4, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.