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• Aart Henri Johan Abraham (2) van Kuijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1953)
• Adrienne Léona ROUSSY, Hauviné,08310,Ardennes,Champagne-Ardenne,FRANCE († 1962)
• Alfons Aloïs Domien Cool, Antwerpen
• Aaltje Hartkamp, Haskerland († 1896)
• Abraham van der Gaag, Delft († 1959)
• Aafke Bomers, Grijpskerk, Niezijl († 1933)
• Anna Maria Exelmans, Veerle († 1967)
• Aart Henri Johan Abraham van Kuijk, Rotterdam
• Alida van der Hal, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland († 1909)
• Anna Maria Jongerius, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1930)

• Anna Catharina Arbous (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Boerkamp (0), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Arishoek (79), Rijpwetering
• Anna Mathilde Pauline Sophia Maria Huberta, Gräfin von Stolberg-Stolberg (21), Westheim
• Anthonijntje Jasperse (69), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Alida Maria Molenaar (0), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adélaïde Joseph DELEFORTRIE (97), Escobecques,59320,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Albert Rijpkes Beukema (77), Zoutkamp, gem. Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje Nielen (8), Assendelft, NH, The Netherlands
• - van der Linde (0), Leeuwte (Vollenhove, Ambt)

• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
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.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• 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 May 2, 1877 was about 4.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.