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• Alwin Hermann Wilhelm SIEBRECHT, Lochtum, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1964)
• Adriaan Cornelis Hage, St. Maartensdijk († 1958)
• Tamminga, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina Geurtruida Barmen 't Loo, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Aebele Ypes van der Woude, Raard, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Duim, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Aafke Elema, Toornwerd (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1924)
• Adriaan Dieleman, Axel, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherland († 1877)
• Albert Kooij, Leeuwarden († 1877)
• Altruda Branchflower, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

• Aldegonde Christina BEUNCKENS (76), Kortessem, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaltjen Wever (33), Hattem, Gld, NL
• Aaltjen Westerman (25), Stad Hardenberg
• Annigje Vervoorn (85), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Anthonetta SCHARLOO (0), Dordrecht
• aartje VEERMAN (60), goudswaard
• Albert ABBING (49), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• ANNA RUTS (70), Arendonk
• Anna Elisabeth Worminghous (40), Gouda
• Antje TUIN (39), Wijk aan Zee,Nederland

• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)
• 1890 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1967)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

• 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 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
• July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• 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.
• 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 March 28, 1877 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.