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• Anna Margatha Heeme, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Cornelia van Lit, Breda († 1930)
• Anna Maria van Hulst, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1877)
• Alida van 't Veld (vantveld, van tveld, van het Veld, van der Velden), Westbroek, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Cornelia Botermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1918)
• * Jacob Johannes van der Speld, Gouda
• Alva Burton Simpson, Warrick County, Indiana († 1961)
• Angenieta Willemina Vonk, Helpman, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Anna Catharina Versantvoort, Valkenswaard († 1897)
• Anna Mary Sticken, Sebewaing, Michigan

• Anna Cornelia Melkert (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Den Ouden (3), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Kleinbloesem (0), Rotterdam
• ANTJE MÜLLER (15), OPPERDOES, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Schokker (60), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Meuter (82), Beesel
• Anna Antje SCHOKKER (60), Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bierbooms (36), Antwerpen, Belgie
• Antje Sjoerds Dijkstra (78), ,, Ried, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Geertruij Jansdr Wilsboom (66), Giessendam

• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)
• 1885 » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)
• 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

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.
• 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 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 2, 1877 was about 4.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.