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• Anna Maria Keifens, Halenfeld, Amel, Liège, Belgium († 1958)
• Anna Maria Joanna Francisca De Graef, Lier, België
• Albert Michael Conway, Madras (india)
• Anna Maria Brakel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Albert Berne, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Aaltje Olthof, Hoogezand († 1952)
• Albert Sakes BRAAK, Ferwerderadiel Friesland Netherlands († 1946)
• Alberta Petronella Goes, Jutphaas († 1955)
• Anna McElhatton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1932)
• Alberdina Rosenbrand, 's Gravenmoer († 1959)

• Albert Tangenberg (0), Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aartje Schipper (61)
• Antonia van Wel (64), Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Marcus Wigbers (0), Meppel
• Catharina Henrica Maria Schoot van der (8), Tilburg
• Steenbergen (0), De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Henrica Maria van der Schoot (8), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Sybes Tania (33)
• Bernardus Kneppers (52), Bleiswijk, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina Schouten (79), Gouda (79jr)

• 1861 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic († 1942)
• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)

• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

The temperature on August 9, 1877 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.