About the day » Monday October 15, 1877Calender converter

• Anna Roijaards, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1973)
• Anna Jacoba Van Der Werff, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsina Emilia Louisa Lenaerts, Antwerpen († 1958)
• Alida Onnes, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1963)
• Alfred Edward Fry, Wilton, Wiltshire, England († 1959)
• Adelina Maria Mares, Gistel († 1877)
• Abe Hedzers Kooistra, Rijperkerk († 1936)
• Alida Taal, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1959)
• Albert Groen, Oldetrijne, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adelia SEGERS, Wezemaal,3111,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE

• Antoon Verstappen (74), Nunhem
• Adriaan van DONGEN (60), Gilze en Rijen
• (74)
• Antonia Raaijmakers (78), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antonius (Antoine) Verstappen (74), Nunhem, LB, Nederland
• Abraham Keizer (55), Haarlemmermeer
• Angus MURRAY (62)
• Allegonda Herten van (61), Nunhem, Lim, Nederland
• Alida van Det (65), Haarlem
• Annigje van der Neut (0), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)

• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)

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.
• 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 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.

The temperature on October 15, 1877 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.