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• Alida Maria Johanna Wegenwijs (Id 687), Amsterdam († 1935)
• Andries van Tongeren, Leiden († 1877)
• Adrianus Petrus Melchers, Overschie († 1877)
• Adriaan de Jong, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Alida van der Beek, Meeuwen (gem. Altena) († 1951)
• Aaltjen Groot Wassink
• Adriana Bervoets, Barendrecht
• Aletta Hillebrandia Lammertsma, hennaarderadeel († 1953)
• Alida Oskam, Ameide († 1947)
• Adrianus van de Louw, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1883)

• Anna GOTS (61), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana de Grijs (0), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia Charlotte Johanna Erdmunde Pückler van Schedlau (38)
• Abraham Mertens (74), Oosterhout
• Bartje Breunissen van Beek (86), Leersum
• Adrianus Klaasz WEES (48), Lekkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia de Roeck (47), Geraardsbergen, OVld, Be
• Bartje van Beek (86), Leersum
• Amelia Bergé, Aarsele
• Alberta Gerdina de Krieger (4), Ingen (Gelderland)

• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)
• 1873 » Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)
• 1876 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1934)
• 1879 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director († 1948)
• 1881 » Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician († 1960)
• 1881 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author († 1945)
• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• 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.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on January 8, 1877 was about 12.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.