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• Abraham ZERBIB, Constantine, Algérie
• Alberdina Sophia Groenhuijzen, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Zwarts, Opsterland († 1877)
• Alida Hillegina Kippenbroek, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1879)
• Antoine Bernard Marie Biesen, Delfshaven († 1959)
• Aafje Doodeman, Westwoud, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Leschan, Budapest, Budapest (Capital City), Hongarije († 1945)
• Aaltje van de Steege, Oldebroek
• Anniggien Leugs, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke van der Zee, Nes († 1913)

• Annechien Harms Manuel (71), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Anna Maria Strolenberg (0), Kerkrade (L
• Albertus Bouwmeester (29), Vaassen, Epe
• Alijda, Maria van Brakel (1), Herpen
• Anthonie de Graaf (44), Haarlem
• Adriana Petronella Struijk Van Bergen (67), Dinteloord (Gem.Steenbergen), Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Catharina De Moerloose (80), Zele, Belgie
• Alijda Maria van Brakel (1), Herpen
• Alida van der Kruk (57), Monster
• Antje Jans Kraak (69), Lemsterland

• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)
• 1872 » Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter († 1943)
• 1872 » Morris Travers, English chemist and academic († 1961)
• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete († 1927)
• 1882 » Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer († 1968)
• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on January 24, 1877 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.