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• ? ? († 1952)
• Aagje LANGBROEK, Middelharnis, NL-ZH († 1879)
• Anna Kok, Baarn († 1947)
• Anna Maria Baumh√∂er, Schiedam († 1877)
• Abraham Sturm, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 1978)
• Abraham James BRINKHUIS, Iowa († 1956)
• Anna Caroline Maria Francesca Schlitz van Görtz († 1938)
• Andries Petersen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albon Ray MORRISON, Virginia, Scott, IL († 1961)
• Albert Eppe Holtkamp, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• Albert Theodoor Johan Panken (0), Duizel en Steensel
• Berend Hendrik Naves (49), Langerak (Doetinchem Ambt)
• Berend Hendrik NAVIS (49), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie de Bruin (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana van der Sanden (73), Tilburg
• Anna Tallen (1), Walchum, Emsland
• Adriana van der Zanden, Tilburg
• Annigje Arends Talen (0), AEngwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha D'Joos (70), Geel, Antwerp, Belgium
• Arnoldus Willems (39), Beugen

• 1868 » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic († 1939)
• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)
• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)
• 1881 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet († 1956)
• 1881 » Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic († 1938)
• 1885 » Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler († 1968)

• 1848 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)

• 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.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

The temperature on January 9, 1877 was about 11.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.