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• van der Meer, Nootdorp, Nederland († 1970)
• Alexandre Adriaan Kokee, Den Haag († 1966)
• Adriaan Veth, Papendrecht († 1903)
• Aimee Sabine LEPEZ, Warneton (NORD),59560,Nord,Hauts-de-France,France,WARNETON-BAS
• Abraham Voets, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Angèle Marie SUIN, NEUVILLE EN FERRAIN 59 († 1906)
• Adriaan de Groot, Utrecht († 1877)
• Amelia Augustina Peeters, Herenthout, België
• Adriana Zirkzee, Leiden {ZH}
• Ada Eastwood, Burnley, Lanacshire, England, UK († 1975)

• Aaltjen Vosman (82), Lemele, Ommen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonia Willemina de Hoog (80), Ingen
• Aaltje Vosman (81)
• Anna Julianne Jakobine Justine von Kleist (92), Tallinna, Eesti
• Aaltje Meljes
• Abraham Boeree (39), Oestgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Klijs (60), Princenhage, Nederland
• Albertje Johannes Figge (65), Deventer
• Amelia Francisca Van Acker (62), Zele
• (Marrigje) Mergje Oskam (39), Lekkerkerk

• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)
• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)

• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)

• 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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 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.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• 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 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on March 9, 1877 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.