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• Aline Maria Sieben, testelt († 1961)
• Adriana Janssen, Doorwerth († 1900)
• Alice O'LEARY, On board the ship "LOCHEE" († 1971)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina van der Weerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Naatje Speijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje de Bruijn, Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Agnes Virginia Alvey, Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky († 1927)
• Adriaan VAN GILS, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1943)
• Albertus van Hugten, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1877)
• Albertus Kaljee, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1943)

• Anthonius Joannes de la Porte (74), Haarlem
• Aaltjen Volten (87), Harderwijk
• Aaltje Volten (87), Harderwijk
• Anna Maria Backhermes (28), Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Alouisa Helena Brigitta Egging (1), 's-Heerenberg, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans van Houten (86), Schoterland Archief 30-31 Registratienummer 3022 Aktenummer 0041
• Adriana Niza Pulle (57), Utrecht
• Almira Tuel (17), Carroll, Carroll, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Annes Zijlstra (0), Hallum
• Aaron Hackney Griffith (74), Fairfax County, Virginia

• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

The temperature on February 8, 1877 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.