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• Aldert Cornelisz Modder, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Agnes (Mary) Bird, Milwaukee, Mlwk., Wi († 1948)
• Agatha Maria van der Haagen, Den Haag, ZH. NL († 1895)
• Adophine Marie Clémence Swanckaert, Wingene
• Adrianus KAPTEIJN, Aalsmeer († 1949)
• Cornelia Zwaan, Rijnsburg († 1916)
• Adriana van de Vooren, Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL)
• Albertine Françoise Storm Buijsing, Zutphen († 1949)
• "Rudolf" Roman Theodor Alfons Maria Fortune van der Straten Ponthoz, Schloss Weinern, Weinern, Autriche († 1961)
• Aldert Modder, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1877)

• Arie van Vugt (71), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Antonius van Duren (41), Herpen
• Antonius Johannes Vugts (0), Hedikhuizen
• Adriana van Velthuysen (45), Leiden
• Aafje van Essen (30), Oosterhoek (Steenwijkerwold)
• Andries van Essen (58), Oosterhoek (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriana van Velthuijsen (44), Leiden
• Barbara Huygebaert (85), Vlissegem
• Aart van Meteren (77), Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Willemsz Van VUGT (71), Oud-Beijerland

• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on February 28, 1877 was about 0.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.