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• Adriaan Kaan, Wolphaartsdijk († 1960)
• Aafke Baukes Booi, Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aebeltje Lettinga, hallum († 1898)
• * Petronella Slaats, Deurne († 1908)
• Anna Fresenborg, Compascuum Emmen († 1937)
• Aartje Visch, Epe († 1958)
• Angela Strachwitz Von Gross-Zauche Und Camminetz, Wiersbel, Polen († 1977)
• Adrianus Josephus Schouten, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Alfons Verbraeken, Waasmunster († 1955)
• ALOYSIUS ALPHONSUS VERBRAEKEN, WAASMUNSTER,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1955)

• Antje Durks Mozes (4), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• "Henriette" Marie Ernestine du Breil de Rays (39), Daoulas, Finistère, France
• Anna Corneilia Van Hoof (78), Lillo
• Adam Warner (63), Boardman, St Croix, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana de Bruijne (0), Zaamslag
• Arie de Zeeuw (2), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonius van Berlo (0), Gemert, Nederland
• Anna Maria IRTEN (55), Faymonville-Waimes, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Anna Maria Prickartz (62), Meerssen
• Antje Schuitemaker (44), Hensbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)
• 1888 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot († 1918)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• 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.

The temperature on May 9, 1877 was about 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.