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• Albert ter Horst, Lonneker-Driene († 1951)
• Aletta Maria Wilhelmina Pannekoek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Abraham Rijxman († 1944)
• Albertina Maria Jonckheere, Maldegem, OVL, B († 1946)
• Aloisius Cornelius Josephus Rombouts, Oorderen
• Abraham Rijxman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Arends, Aruba, Ned. Antillen († 1957)
• Agnes Hubertina Lemmens, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Reitsma, Dantumadeel († 1877)
• Aaltje van Zeben, Arnhem

• Adriana Nieuwenhuizen (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Isabella Van Herwegen (61), Antwerpen, 2000, Belgie
• Anna Catharina Schouten (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Goederen (0), Linschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Kolks (74), Millingen, Gelderland, Pays-Bas
• Adolf Wilbrink (0), Beekbergen
• Albertus Berenschot (73), Twello
• Adriana Catharina van Dorland (2), Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• -levenloos- Hoeve (0), Zunderdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Achille Theophile Allacker (0), Alveringem, West Vlaanderen, België

• 1868 » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist († 1951)
• 1869 » Henry Wood, English conductor († 1944)
• 1871 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist († 1957)
• 1873 » William Green, American union leader and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1880 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1946)
• 1882 » Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman († 1949)
• 1882 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter († 1974)
• 1883 » Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist († 1971)
• 1883 » Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist († 1977)

• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

• 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.
• March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
• May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

The temperature on March 3, 1877 was about 1.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.