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• Aaltjen Pees, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1959)
• Albert Vente, Hazerswoude († 1878)
• Antonia Berends, Dieren (Rheden )
• Antonius Franciscus Spijkers, Tilburg († 1878)
• Ada Grace Hawkridge, Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Aart Westerman, Jutphaas († 1947)
• Annigje Hol, Waddinxveen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antonia Hordijk, Rotterdam († 1952)
• Adolf Frederik Herman Pagentescher, Wiesbaden, Hessen († 1959)
• Albert Fenton, Oldham, Lancashire, England († 1968)

• Abraham Larooij (0), Vlaardingen
• Antje Bakker (58), De Cocksdorp
• Anna Merkx (74), Breda
• Anna Merks, Breda
• Angelina Megroot (88), Zuiddorpe
• Angelina van Megroot (88), Zuiddorpe, Nederland
• adrianus arijsz van gelder (71), charlois (Rotterdam)
• Alexander Carel Jacob SCHMMELPENNINCK van der OYE (81), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sara Andrea Verbeek (2), Rotterdam
• Alexander Karel Jacob Baron Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye (81), 's Gravenhage

• 1866 » Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania († 1950)
• 1873 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic († 1939)
• 1874 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada († 1950)
• 1881 » Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach († 1930)
• 1884 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer († 1976)
• 1887 » Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1890 » Prince Joachim of Prussia († 1920)
• 1892 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach († 1950)
• 1893 » Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot († 1971)
• 1893 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer († 1966)

• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)

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.
• January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

The temperature on December 17, 1877 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.