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• Adriana van Loenhout († 1943)
• de Roo, Opsterland (NL) († 1877)
• Adriana Pouwer, Middelburg († 1945)
• Aaltje de Nekker, Noordwolde, Netherlands († 1946)
• Adriaan Kloosterboer, Erve de Loine, Wilp († 1960)
• Adriana Pouwer, Middelburg († 1945)
• Wierstra, Menaldum († 1877)
• Akke Wiersma, Driesum († 1953)
• Adriaan Kloosterboer, Wilp († 1960)
• Albert Hovenkamp, Zuidlaren († 1897)

• Anna Maria Niessen (37), Lakemond, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne Aljes (Aijes) Brouwer (47), Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nissen (37), Lakemond
• Berbel Korsman (1), Tholen, Poortvliet, ZLD, Nederland
• Annigje Alberts Otter (26), AEngwirden
• Berbel Korsman (1), Poortvliet
• Artje (Antje) van Gameren (83), Neerijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaron Osgood (68), St Charles, St Charles, Missouri
• Hendrik Kelder (0), avereest
• Aagje van den Berg (28), Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

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.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
• July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• 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 7, 1877 was about 22.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.