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• Alfons Baeyens, Aaigem († 1950)
• Adriana Jacoba Kuijten^, Waspik,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriaan van den Elshout, Oosterhout († 1972)
• Adrianus Martinus Zeylemaker, Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1878)
• Agnes Johanna Fijnenberg, Amersfoort
• Adriana Jacoba Kuijten, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Vader, Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1879)
• CROMMELIN, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Alfred Wilson RENALS († 1915)
• Albert Koopman, Dorterhoek / Bathman Overijssel Nederland († 1936)

• Cornelius Roovers (74), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adriana huizer (24), nieuw-lekkerland
• Benjamin D'Urban Marshall (0)
• Anna Maria Antonia KRENS (0), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Cornelis de Jong (57), Gouda
• Antonia van den BRINK (57), Vleuten,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Huizer (24), Nieuw Lekkerland
• Catharina Elizabeth Hergemöller (42), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandre Désiré Alcide Maugars (40), Trancrainville, 28392, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
• Anna Catharina Willems (64), Ohé en Laak

• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Albert Bloch, American painter and academic († 1961)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)
• 1884 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela († 1969)

• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)

• 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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
• 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 2, 1877 was about 15.6 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.