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• Aagje de Swart, Asperen († 1934)
• Krans, Windeweer (Hoogezand) († 1877)
• Anna "Annie" Mathilda "Bjorkman" Burkman, Ingatorp, Jönköping, Sverige "Sweden" († 1931)
• Abraham Cevaal, Ritthem
• Adriana van Loenhout, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1943)
• Abraham Cevaal, Ritthem († 1970)
• Agnes Frederica Maria Ras, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Gerarda Nederpelt, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albert Rowland Garner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Adolf De Vos, Oudehorne († 1877)

• Aaltje Geenhuizen van (0), Amersfoort
• Agnes Geurtsen (40), Netterden
• * Maria (4) Baars (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Charlotte Andrina Victorina Butin Bik (0), Meester Cornelis, Ned. Indië
• Barbera de Groot (0), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Adrianus Cornelus Leembruggen (62), Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Janssen (1), Delfshaven
• Antonius Westerlaken, Rosmalen
• Auguste MORAUX (0), Lamarche-sur-Saône, 21, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
• Casper Thiel (0), Bussum

• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)

• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)

• 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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 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.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on August 17, 1877 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.