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• Adriana Sophia Elisabeth van Beek, Hoogland
• Aafje Johanna Zagt, Amsterdam († 1938)
• Adrianus Cornelis de Vette, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Baert, Sinaai-Waas
• Abraham de Kam (geb. Polderman), Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1960)
• Anna Carolina Müller, Amsterdam († 1955)
• de Kraker, Axel
• Aaltje Kuijs, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Adriana van Hoek, Puttershoek († 1947)
• Amália Vieira de Moraes, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil

• Berendina Broil (66), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Gerritse Visser (78), Assendelft NH NL
• Bartholomeus Paanakker (63), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Wijnkool (68), Leiden
• Arendje Neeltje Hoogenboom (0), Zuidland (Gem Nissewaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Bregje van Zadel (0), Velsen
• Antonius Johannes van Kesteren (0), Utrecht
• Alida (Aaltje) Vreeswijk (56), Waddinxveen
• Baukje Fokkes Spoor (0), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Bruil (=Broijl) (66), Bekveld-Hengelo (Bronckhorst)

• 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
• 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
• 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)
• 1883 » Sax Rohmer, English-American author († 1959)
• 1890 » Robert Ley, German politician († 1945)
• 1892 » James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense († 1949)
• 1892 » Roy Rene, Australian comedian († 1954)
• 1893 » Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player († 1967)

• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)

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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• 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.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.

The temperature on February 15, 1877 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.