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• Kamerbeek († 1877)
• Alida Maria Nieuwendijk, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriaan Tooren van, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Anna Catharina RAEDTS, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Rog, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Adriana Anthonia Visser, 's-Gravenzande (Z-H), Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Catharina Raedts, Sevenum, Limburg, Nederland
• Alfred Jean Jozef van Eeden, St Jans-Molenbeek († 1942)
• ?? Stolk, Rockanje († 1877)
• Andries Boogert, Nieuwland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• de Hau de Staplande (79), Parijs, Parijs, Île-de-France, Frankrijk
• Antje Pennewaard (Pennewert, Penewaart) (86), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Erffelink (72), Westdorpe, Nederland
• Alida (Aaltje) Hoogedam \ Hoogendam (80), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Kardol (1), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Roij (81), Pulderbos (B)
• Anna Johanna Welling (20), Didam
• Anna McWilliams (79), Madison, Kentucky, United States
• aaltje BOENDER (1), rockanje
• Antoine Joseph Berthels (30), Ottignies, 1340, België

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
• 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 February 23, 1877 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.