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Died on Sunday February 4, 1877
- Aafje Dirks de Boer (71), Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland
- Aafje de Boer (71), Vlieland
- Auguste Jean-Baptiste PETIT (0), FOSSE-sur-SALM (Saint-Jacques), Liège, Belgique
- Aaltje Veth (0), Edam
- Anna Cornelia den Hollander (0), Barwoutswaarder, Nederland
- Aafje Dirks de Boer (71), Friesland, Netherlands
- Aafje de Wit (53), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aalbertus van Latum (85), Balgoij (Wijchen), Gelderland, Nederland
- Albert Boltz (0), Colonie Brinsk
- Adriaan van Almenkerk (0), Zonnemaire, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
Born on February 4
- 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
- 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
- 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
- 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
- 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
- 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
- 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
- 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
- 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
- 1883 » Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy († 1961)
Died on February 4
- 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
- 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
- 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
- 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
- 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
- 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
- 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
- 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
- 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
- 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1877
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Franciscus
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1877
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Marie
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Elizabeth
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1877
- 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.
- July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
- 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.
- November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
- 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 weather on Sunday February 4, 1877
The temperature on February 4, 1877 was about 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI