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• Aaltje Stroomberg, Hasselt († 1882)
• Aletta Hillebrandia Dirks Lammertsma, Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adrianus van de Louw, Loon Op Zand, Nederland († 1883)
• Adrianus Petrus Melchers, Overschie († 1877)
• Aloysius Carolus Gheerardyn, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adolph Oravec, Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• Anna Spanoghe, Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Aaltjen Groot Wassink
• Anna Maria Clasina van Kampen, Leiden († 1901)
• Aletta Hillebrandia Lammertsma, hennaarderadeel († 1953)

• Amalia Charlotte Johanna Erdmunde Pückler van Schedlau (38)
• Anna Maria Augustijn (48)
• Anna Helena Tijben, Bruns (78), Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• Adriana Margeretha POLET (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Fortuijn (80), Loenen
• Abraham Mertens (74), Oosterhout
• Bartje Breunissen van Beek (86), Leersum
• Aart Haksteen (0), Dordrecht
• Barbe (Barbara) Fourie (77), Sint-Truiden, België
• Albert Tuinstra (14), Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland

• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)
• 1873 » Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)
• 1876 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1934)
• 1879 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director († 1948)
• 1881 » Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician († 1960)
• 1881 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author († 1945)
• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on January 8, 1877 was about 12.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.