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• Aleida Antonia Polman, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albartha Hendrika Grada Kroneman, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1877)
• Albert N. Barkelow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, United States († 1961)
• Alida Aurelia Walleghem, Zarren († 1877)
• Adèle SEGERS, Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Ambert C. Morehouse, California († 1965)
• Adriana Jacoba Martij, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1923)
• Adriana Jacoba Marty, Nieuwer Amstel († 1923)
• Alida Jacoba Dobbe, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana Hermina van der Breggen, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aletta De Hen (65), Leiden
• Anna Johanna Petronella van Beek (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Blom (Blommers) (70), Weesp
• Andries Wikker (76), Meppel
• Andries Hendriksz ZWIKKER (76), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands 7941
• Alberdina Hatzmann (27), Diever
• van Putten (0)
• Aafje Boer (74)
• Hes, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie Brugmans (77), Amsterdam

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (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. 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.
• January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 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 January 16, 1877 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.