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• Alida Mieloo, Leiden († 1966)
• Amelia Carolina Cornel, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• * Teunis van Vlaardingen, Moordrecht († 1968)
• Adrianus Wouter Hendriks, Arnhem, Nederland
• Alice McSwain White († 1901)
• Adrianus van Rijzingen, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord Brabant) († 1943)
• Aartje VERBREE, Weesperkarspel († 1960)
• ANDRE DUBOIS, Lambersart, 59130 († 1962)
• Adolph Carl Kretzmann, Fort Jackson, East London, Cape Province, South Africa († 1879)
• Aleida Josephina Hogeland, Ohé &, Laak

• Catharina Maria Moorau (58)
• Adriana Vermeulen (0), Zevenbergen
• Arij Niemandsverdriet (66), Charlois
• Aafje de Leur (45), Enkhuizen, NH, The Netherlands
• Andries Ouwerkerk
• Aafke Vuist (80), Drogeham
• Adriana Koets (51), Arnemuiden
• Catharina Van Zijp (2), Leiden
• Aagje van Pel (0), Egmond aan Zee
• Alida Catharina Maria Waterschot (0), Haarlem, Nederland

• 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
• 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
• 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
• 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)
• 1874 » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author († 1928)
• 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
• 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)
• 1887 » Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1977)

• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)

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.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• 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 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
• November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

The temperature on August 22, 1877 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.