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• Aaltje Hansman, Ambt Ommen († 1933)
• Adolf Martinus Gerritsen, Zutphen
• Andreas Johannes Meuwese, 's Hertogenbosch, NL
• Adriana de Koning, Halsteren
• Alphonsus Ferdinandus Pauwels, Tielrode
• Alice Elizabeth Abbott, Oak Ridge, Roatan, Honduras († 1900)
• Adrianus Marinus Dirks, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Radsma († 1923)
• Adam marinus vogelaar, Nieuw helvoet
• Adriana Pieternella van Hemert, Papendrecht († 1877)

• Anne Marie DECHAMPS (50), Crisnée (Kemexhe),4367,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Albert Henry Nielsen (1), Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States
• Adrianus Nieuwenhuizen (37), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Nieuwenhuizen (37), Hilvarenbeek
• Aaltje Burema (33), Finsterwolde (gem. Oldambt)
• Camiel Vanhoutte (0), Zerkegem, Jabbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Willem Hartman (73), Loosduinen
• Angenita Oosterwijk (81), Hillegersberg
• Albertus Berenschot (72), Twello (gem.Voorst)
• Ann Linnier Eastland Rosborough [Bu] (64)

• 1871 » Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher († 1919)
• 1873 » Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer († 1961)
• 1874 » Henry Travers, English-American actor († 1965)
• 1875 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria († 1952)
• 1876 » Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player († 1959)
• 1876 » Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England († 1947)
• 1879 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1879 » William Beveridge, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic († 1963)
• 1880 » Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic († 1968)
• 1882 » Dora Marsden, English author and activist († 1960)

• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)

• 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.
• January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

The temperature on March 5, 1877 was about 4.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.