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• Antonie Hendrik Bakker, Dedemsvaart († 1878)
• Anthonij Leendert van Nimwegen, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Antje Hendriks de Haan, Surhuizum († 1950)
• Anastasius Kenneth Vierra (born Vieira), Honolulu, Oahu, HI, United States († 1948)
• Antje de Haan, Surhuisterveen (Gem. Achtkarspelen), Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adam Jacobus VAN STADEN
• Antje Hendriks de Haan, Surhuizum, Gem. Achtkarspelen († 1950)
• Aaltje Menger, Weststellingwerf, Vinkega († 1918)
• Adriaantje van Vessem, Bruinisse, Nederland († 1878)
• Maria Victor Hubert Loijson, Ubach over worms († 1962)

• Aaltje Harmens Visscher, Vollenhove
• Aartje Woudenberg (72), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Frouchart (69), Oosterhout
• Adonia Maria Verla (0), Zarren
• Jacomina Beks (0), Kampen
• Aaltien Berends Tolen (77), Roswinkel
• Aartje Woudenberg (72), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Knicknie (66), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana van Dusseldorp (78), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Cornelia Frouchart (69), Berkel Enschot

• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• 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 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• 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.
• March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

The temperature on May 11, 1877 was about 12.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.