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• Anna Papen, Echterbosch, Netherlands († 1938)
• Adrianus Out, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Aaltje Schinkel, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1881)
• Anna Beckers, Gronsveld
• Adriana Cornelia Suijkerbuijk, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Albertine Marie Louise Lacroix, Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Adriana Johanna Borg, Woudrichem
• Albert Walter Greiner, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Anna Vlugman, Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catrina van Zanten, Tuil († 1878)

• Ariaantje Krap (0), Langereis (Hoogwoud)
• Alida Stoffelina van Beveren (44)
• Antoonie Remmers (59), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonius Remmers (59), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aldert Haverveld (2), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Adélie Adélaïde VAN MOORSEL (77), Hasselt, 3500, Limburg, Belgique
• Arie Barel (2), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Straten (82), Hoorn
• Adélaïde van Moorsel (77), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, België
• Albert Nijhof (0), Almelo, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1869 » Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician († 1952)
• 1872 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player († 1927)
• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)
• 1880 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator († 1939)
• 1881 » Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic († 1946)
• 1882 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1961)
• 1883 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer († 1945)

• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)

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.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• 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 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on December 24, 1877 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.