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• Aaltje JAKOBS, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1899)
• Albert Otter, Oldelamer, Friesland, Nederland († 1887)
• Aart Welgraven, Nijkerk
• Adrianus Vogels, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Hendrika Kragt, Den Haag
• Cornelis Antonius Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer
• Alberta van den Ham, Renswoude
• Albert VAN DER BROEK, Euvelgunne (Haren) Groningen Netherlands († 1953)
• Adrianus BRANDWIJK, BLESKENSGRAAF EN HOFWEGEN,,Nederland († 1967)
• albartus Schenkel

• Anna Catharina Huisem (38)
• berdina otten (77), meppel (drenthe)
• Alida Salomon Loonstein (64), Amsterdam
• Anna Theresia Eugenie Louisa Clementine Leinweber (21), Amersfoort
• Anna Maria Menten (32), Velm, België
• Anna Theresia Eugenie Clementine Leinweber (21), Amersfoort
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Huizem (Huisem)(Huizen)(Heusden) (38), Echt
• Antje Hoogeboom (0), Oudkarspel,Gemeente Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Otten (77), Meppel
• Anna Maria Van den Broeck (79), Turnhout, België

• 1868 » John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska († 1942)
• 1875 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher († 1954)
• 1875 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India († 1950)
• 1876 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1879 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Julia Peterkin, American author († 1961)
• 1880 » Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1936)
• 1881 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general († 1960)
• 1883 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1860 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

• 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 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• 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.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 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 October 31, 1877 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.