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• Adrian Addie John Barendse, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1882)
• Anna van der Gaag, Vlaardingen († 1877)
• Alice Watson, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1973)
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Hermans, Geulle, Meerssen († 1877)
• Aleida Hendrika van Amersfoort, Beekbergen († 1879)
• Frouke Visser, Scharmer
• Anna Gesina Kolmer, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albert Abraham Bravermann, Pleschen, Wlkp., Poland
• Anna Maria Joosten, Neer, Roggel en Neer, Limburg, Netherlands († 1945)
• Adriana Lydia van der Jagt, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)

• Anthonij van der Meijden (76), Haaften
• Albert ten Cate gr (20), Gasseltenijveen {DR}
• Abraham van Velde (47)
• Adrianus Zondervan (65), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Antonius Bernardus Mentink (8), Warnsveld
• Heijkoop (0), Den Helder, den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia van den Boom (0), Halsteren
• Adrianus(Arend) Flantua (84), Veenhuizen (Norg)
• Annigje Breedveld (86), Lange Ruige Weide
• Antonie Kieboom (61), Rozenburg, Nederland

• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

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.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• 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 February 1, 1877 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.