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• Adrianus Franconi, Leeuwarden († 1878)
• Alida Butter, Heiloo († 1930)
• Albert Jan Pardijs, Vorden (Veldwijk) († 1877)
• Aaltje Butter, Heiloo († 1930)
• Adriana van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1877)
• Aleida Tibbe, Enschede
• Alida Vuik, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel († 1902)
• Alida de Ree, Abcoude-Proostdij, Nederland
• Adrianus Deijlen, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Abraham Padmos, Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1877)

• Adam Hermanus Vermoolen (11), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Billups Shearman (90), Oconee County, Georgia, United States
• Aartje van de Kieft (63), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Voorink (25), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abel de Souza Leal (1), São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Albert Jans Karel (85), Kampen, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Spies (0), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Adriana de Ron (0), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Aagtje Jan Huizinga (74), Leegkerk gem. Hoogkerk
• Adriana van der Mark (65), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
• 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
• 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

• 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.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on March 31, 1877 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.