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• Annigje van der Vlies, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Antje Post, Hillegersberg
• * Kasper Freling, Rotterdam († 1952)
• Alexander Kallen van der, Sneek, Fr, Nederland († 1956)
• Alijda Christina Helena Buitenhuis, Vriescheloo (Bellingwolde)
• Antonius van Wezel, Tilburg († 1956)
• Anna Maria van Grunsven, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Antonius van Wezel, Tilburg († 1956)
• Albert C Lohman ** († 1915)
• Aaltje Jager, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1879)

• Bastiaan Teunisz Verboom (44), Streefkerk, zh.nld
• Bartholomeus Janssen (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Bos (1), Utrecht
• Antonius Albers (51), Herpen
• Aleida Sweers (41), Groenlo
• Anna Adrieana Hensen (1), Padang, Sumatra (Nederlands-Indië)
• Adriana Kwint (5), Ingen (Lienden), Nederland
• Arie Huijbrechtsz. van Velden (0), Naaldwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Ardina Hoevenaars (48), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Fransisca Huberta Oosterwaal (1), Raamsdonkveer

• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)
• 1885 » Robert Delaunay, French painter († 1941)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

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. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
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.
• 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.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
• October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

The temperature on April 12, 1877 was about 6.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.