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• Albertdina Tromp, Hattem († 1878)
• "Carl" Marie Hyacinthe de MOFFARTS, Lige,Province de Lige,Walloon Region,Belgi († 1952)
• Adrianus van Putten, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Wolvers, Woubrugge († 1953)
• Alfred Banke, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri († 1942)
• Vermeer, Moordrecht († 1877)
• Alice Mary Boyle († 1958)
• Adrianus van Valenberg, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1943)
• Alida Elisabeth Maria Brouwer, Hilversum, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Maria van de Weerd, Leimuiden († 1879)

• Albertien Alberts Mulder (58), Witteveen (Ruinen)
• Vermeer (0), Moordrecht
• Anna Helena Boven (72), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Akke Baukes Raukema (43), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Roessel (29), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Albertje Alberts Hut Mulder (58), Ruinen
• Anna Mauroo (64), Handzame, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertien Alberts Hut (58), Witteveen (Ruinen)
• Anna Helena Boven (72), Altharen, Haren (Ems)
• Vree (0), Rijssen

• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)
• 1878 » Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1953)
• 1879 » Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator († 1940)
• 1882 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway († 1950)
• 1884 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist, co-founded clinical pharmacology († 1942)
• 1886 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager († 1961)

• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)

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.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
• 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 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.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on December 18, 1877 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.