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• Albrecht Edmond Vanneste, Kortrijk
• Albertus Willem Louw, Philadelphia, Western Cape South Africa († 1971)
• *Friedrich Wilhelm Balthazar Luttgen, Ludwigsburg, Wurttemberg, Germany († 1965)
• Aartje van Wijngaarden, Papendrecht († 1961)
• Adriaan Blijlevens, Made en Drimmelen († 1928)
• Adriaan de JONG, Rucphen (Sint Willebrord)
• Albertus Johannus Schoorlemmer, Zwollerkerspel († 1908)
• Alida Francisca Bellekom, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Adrianus Verbaas, Oud-Beijerland († 1878)
• Alida Maria Hillebrands, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1966)

• Amalia Auguste von Bayern (75), Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
• Aaltje Slot (69), Coevorden, Dr, Nederland
• Amalie Auguste Wittelsbach of Bavaria (75)
• Anna Antoinette Clasina de Bosson (28), Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
• Amalia Auguste von Bayern (75), Dresden
• Amalia Augusta Marie van Beieren (75), Dresden (DE)
• Amalia Auguste van Beieren (75), Dresden, Duitsland
• Amalia Augusta van Beieren (75)
• Amalie Auguste Wittelsbach (75), Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland(DKR)
• Andries Hunnersen (68), Winschoten

• 1868 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)

• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)

• 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.
• January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on November 8, 1877 was about 11.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.