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• Anna Reimerink, Lonneker († 1963)
• Alphonse VAN COPPENOLLE, Néchin,7730,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Schlukebir, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1877)
• Albert de Monti, Château-Thébaud, Loire-Atlantique
• Adeline J. Ecker, Chicago 1900 Federal Census of Chicago († 1962)
• Albert Brouwer, Oldemarkt, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Amelia "Amalie" "Emma" Wingerter, Apple Creek, Missouri († 1962)
• Amelia "Molly" Wingerter, Apple Creek, Perry, Missouri, The United States of America († 1962)
• Aartje WEMMERS, BLESKENSGRAAF EN HOFWEGEN,,Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus Cornelis Mudde, Krimpen aan de Lek

• Oeds Gerrits Eyzinga (64), utingeradeel
• Anke Jippes Tamminga (62), Gorredijk
• Aaltje Hemkes (1) van der Bij (83), ,, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Ruardi (73), Haarlem
• Arendiena Willemina Kraaijenzang (1), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara Catharine Reinira Verveen (18), Harderwijk
• Bartholomeus Marinus Alosius van der Leeuw (0), den Haag
• Arendina Willemina Kraaijenzang (1), Hengelo
• Arnoldina Kuijpers (50), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Alberdina Buiskool, (GR) Beerta

• 1859 » Matilda Howell, American archer († 1938)
• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
• 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
• 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)

• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)

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.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

The temperature on August 28, 1877 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.