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• Aäron Polk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Hempen, Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1877)
• Adolf Bertus Leurink, Amsterdam
• Abbie Kinnie Bently Avery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States († 1955)
• Adriana den Exter, Amsterdam († 1877)
• Alida Frederika van Kampen, Vlaardingen
• Petronella Lodiers, Steenbergen (Kruisland)
• AGATHA WILHELMINA JACOBS, VLAARDINGEN († 1957)
• Albert Frieling, Adorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1877)
• Hoek, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)

• * Kornelis van de Polder (41), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adrianus Clermonts (52), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Vliet (76), Ruwiel (Portengen)
• Anna Petronella Crol (67), Zaltbommel
• Anna Maria van Abel (23), Haps
• Aaltje van Vliet (76), Breukelen-Sint Pieters, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Crol (67), Zaltbommel (GLD) NL
• Adriaan Joanneszn Joannesz Pieter Willem Clermonts (52), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Amelia Coucke (68), Ardooie,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Abraham (ook genaamd de Jongere) Naaktgeboren (74), Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland), Wijk B, Huis nr. 119, om 3.00 uur

• 1866 » Anne Sullivan, American educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory († 1940)
• 1870 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer and coach († 1929)
• 1870 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter and educator († 1905)
• 1872 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator († 1953)
• 1876 » Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge († 1934)
• 1881 » Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian poet and scholar († 1948)
• 1882 » Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1936)
• 1886 » Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator († 1928)
• 1886 » Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar († 1956)

• 1843 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Charles Lot Church, American-Canadian politician (b. 1777)
• 1888 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1856)
• 1911 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1880)
• 1911 » Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
• 1916 » Gina Krog, Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (b. 1847)
• 1917 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 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 April 14, 1877 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.