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• Alida Catharina Maria Waterschot, Haarlem, Nederland († 1877)
• Adrianus Capelle, Elkerzee († 1934)
• Aloyse SCHACKEMY, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Aaltje Jonker, Oude Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Huigen, Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Alida Wilhelmina Willemina Koenderman, Schiedam, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana van de Reepe, Heinkenszand († 1952)
• Agnes Maria Thans, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1965)
• Alida Lammechiena Beerthuis, Scheemda

• Arabella Cowley (33), St George Hanover Sq, London, England, Great Britain
• Antje Graanstra (59), Kommerzijl, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Dries (41), Kwaadmechelen, Limburg, België
• Anna ter Bane (65), Georgsdorf
• Adriaan Willemse (44), Leeuwarden
• Anna Maria Kortland (0), Groot-Ammers, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Jansen (60), Gestel en Blaarthem (Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren) (Noord-Brabant)
• Barta Hendrika Kalkhoven (17)
• van Dalen (0), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Lempers, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)
• 1885 » Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor († 1973)

• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

• 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.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on May 14, 1877 was about 10.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.