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• Alexander David Berney († 1942)
• Albertje Pasop, Zuidwolde († 1958)
• Agatha Sidonia Homan, Noordhorn
• Alice TRUSSELL, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1878)
• Adriaan Cornelis Cornelisse, Nieuw en Sint Joosland, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1964)
• Aloysius Alidor Soenen, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1943)
• Aartje hendriksdr Dijs, Huizen († 1967)
• Aafje Gravesteijn, Wormerveer († 1967)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Paassen, Rotterdam († 1959)
• * Cornelia Oosterom, Hoogblokland

• Abraham van Risp (0), Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Christen Hansen Juhl (69), Hjerndrup, Christiansfeldt
• Carolus Braet (75), Loppem, 8210, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Charles C. (Of Lawson Pond) Porcher (75)
• Clasina Diderica Luca
• Arend Jan Broekers (0), Deventer
• Charles Cordes Porcher (75)
• Albertje Hofman (75), Uffelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van den Berk, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angelina Safrona Pierce (0), Levan, Juab, Utah, United States

• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)
• 1884 » Maxwell Perkins, American editor († 1947)
• 1885 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta († 1950)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
• 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 September 20, 1877 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.