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• Anna Henderika Hillegonda Germs, Grijpskerk († 1956)
• Aaltjen Derkink, Bentelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1929)
• Johannes van Roode, Haarlem († 1943)
• Anna Petronella Droogleever Fortuijn, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Petronella Drooglever Fortuijn, Rotterdam (ZH-NLD) († 1879)
• Amelia Louise van de Vijver, Boschkapelle († 1944)
• Antje Vet, Broek op Langedijk († 1960)
• ABRAHAM DE RIJKE, OOSTERLAND († 1943)
• Anna Catharina Hannes, Geel, België († 1877)
• Agnes Mesman, Alkemade († 1920)

• Catharina Waegemakers (31), Chaam
• Catharina Hendrika Noot (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Broekhuizen (37), Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• ADRIANA MARIA MAAT (1), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna BRANDENBURG (68), Kampen (Overijssel)
• Bakke (Tjallings) Reitsma (77), Workum
• Bakke Tjallings Reitsma (77), Workum, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Linsen (51), Ottersum, Nederland
• Ann Caroline McGee Richey (55), Broomtown, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
• Catharina Maria Anna Theodora Neijzen (0), Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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.
• January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.

The temperature on February 20, 1877 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.