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• Abraham te Brake, Dale (Aalten), Gelderland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje LUINSTRA, Kollum Friesland Netherlands († 1936)
• Adriaantje in 't Veld, Maasdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Roelofs Kuiper, Ooststellingwerf († 1890)
• Alphons James Hall, Batavia (Nederlands-Indië)
• Aan Johannesz Schonenburg, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriaan van Duijvenbode, Katwijk aan Zee († 1883)
• Adriaan(1) van Duyvenbooden († 1878)
• Aaltje Luinstra, Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Maria Louisa Bogers, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1940)

• Adriaan Anthonisse (8), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertje Eerkes (52), Groningen
• Albertje Eerkes Kristiaans (52), Groningen
• Albertus Huntink (0), Megchelen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Eerkes (52)
• Anna Maria Desiderata Wilhelmina Martha van Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (32), Mühlheim aan de Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Alberdina van Lavieren (81), Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Braakhekke (0), Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella SMAK (82), Dordrecht
• Anna Catharina Mol (68), Dordrecht

• 1866 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1868 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge († 1920)
• 1868 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist († 1957)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)
• 1874 » George Sheldon, American diver († 1907)
• 1882 » Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter († 1965)
• 1886 » Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch († 1941)
• 1888 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer († 1965)

• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)
• 1868 » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)

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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 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.

The temperature on May 17, 1877 was about 11.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.