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• Aloys Xavier Tant, Klerken
• Anna BROEREN, Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl) († 1878)
• Anna Elisabeth del Court van Krimpen, Alkmaar, N.H († 1959)
• Alberdina Cremer, Uithuzermeeden
• Adrianus Maria Hamers, Loon op Zand († 1877)
• Andrew Roundhouse, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Alke Hemmes, Zeerijp († 1877)
• Anna Cornelia Wallenburg, 's-Graveland, Nederland († 1877)
• Anna Kortekaas, Voorhout († 1907)
• Adriana Alida BOEREE, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)

• Arie Rehorst (21), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Antoon (Anton) Berden (37), Maasbree
• Aaltjen Bosch (43), Deventer
• Antje de Mol (2), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Tjallings Alkema (45), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Nuver (34), Meppel
• Aaltje Bosch (43), Deventer
• Anna, Cornelia Delafaille (49), Antwerpen
• Alida Anna Knijnenburg (0), Wassenaar
• Allegonda Müskes (32), Wissel, Northrein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1867 » Andy Bowen, American boxer († 1894)
• 1867 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1870 » Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1948)
• 1871 » Emmett Dalton, American criminal († 1937)
• 1873 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine († 1945)
• 1874 » François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. († 1934)
• 1874 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic († 1954)
• 1877 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author († 1925)
• 1879 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas († 1950)
• 1886 » Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer († 1971)

• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)

• 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.
• April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
• 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.
• 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 3, 1877 was about 3.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.