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• Amalie Hiller, Mikulec (Tsjechië) (Duits: Nikl) († 1930)
• Anna Karolina Soderstrom († 1947)
• Alexander Nicolaas Clarenbach, Salatiga, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Akke Sipkes Bottema, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldert Ouwendijk, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Slegtenhorst († 1878)
• * Louisa Petronella van de Rijdt, Tilburg († 1960)
• Aikina Augulius Spreeuwers, Roswinkel Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1907)
• Abram Anton Noordijk, Amsterdam († 1947)
• Albertus (Albert) Kraster, Meeden († 1942)

• Agnes A BOAZ (90), Calloway Co, Mo
• Andrew Westmoreland SR (77), Enoree, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Albertus van der Maten (0), Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen)
• Anthonij (Anthonie) Boender (58), Hellevoetsluis
• Alberdina Roede (0), Noordhorn gem.Zuidhorn
• Alberdina Jans Harms (77), Haarle
• Adrianus Appeldoorn (0), Liempde
• Antje Harmens Hassing (43), Weststellingwerf
• Anne Maria Haenen (50), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• agatha wilhelmina schut (0), amsterdam

• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)

• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)

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 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.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
• December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

The temperature on May 29, 1877 was about 10.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.