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• Anna Maria van der Helm, Stompwijk († 1960)
• Van Bergen Maria Catharina, Wortel, Antwerpen, België († 1882)
• Angus 1877 McDonald Wilson, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland († 1941)
• Anne Sytses Andrae, Ferwerd († 1878)
• * Charles Adriaan Vinckx, Eindhoven († 1944)
• Anna Maria van Hoof, Bladel († 1952)
• Anna Maria van der Helm, Stompwijk († 1960)
• Agatha Maria Joosten, Kalkwijk, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianus Slotboom, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Agatha Pieters Warmerdam, Hillegom († 1953)

• Anna Agatha Albertina van Eysinga (52), Zwollerkerspel,,,Frisiastate
• Adrianus van Tricht (1), Breukelen-Nijenrode,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Bos (56), Houten
• Adrianus Bernardus van den Akker (1), Rotterdam
• Solaro, Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Hof (61), Nieuwleusen
• Albert Ziel (Zijl) (55), De Haar, gem. Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Theresia DE KNOCK (75), Assebroek,8310,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Anna Agatha Albertina van Eysinga (52)
• Adrianus van Glabbeek, Gestel en Blaarthem

• 1861 » Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic († 1918)
• 1863 » Archduke Eugen of Austria († 1954)
• 1864 » Princess Stéphanie of Belgium († 1945)
• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)

• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

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 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 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.
• September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
• November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

The temperature on May 21, 1877 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.