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• Aafje Dirkdr Slot, Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland († 1967)
• Aaltje Hanses (Alice) Faber, Echten († 1969)
• Anna Smit, Zaandam († 1920)
• Adriaan JOHA († 1918)
• Anna Catharina Wijnen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Anna Maria Catharina Hulsbosch, Linne († 1878)
• Aafke Kleiwerda, Noordhorn, NL-GR († 1957)
• Anna Lee Kittrell <K || 80123FgcZionMSBu>2 "Annie", Kemper County, Mississippi acc († 1951)
• Adrianus Joannes Sebregts, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Aafje Slot, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 1967)

• Anna Maria Franken (10), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Wijnen (63), Brakel (GL)
• Abraham Dissersant (39), Woerden
• Adriaantje Laban (78), Stavenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Geelhoed (0), St. Philipsland, Zl
• Anna Elizabeth Leeuwenburg (0), Rhoon
• Abraham Disersent (39), Woerden
• Alida van Gemerde (27), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klasina Voorst, van (0), Beekbergen gem. Apeldoorn NL
• Adriana Berdina Sommers (17), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)
• 1886 » Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician († 1937)
• 1886 » Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands († 1968)
• 1886 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author († 1968)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

• 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 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 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 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• 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 December 5, 1877 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.