* 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

* 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American businesswoman ( d. 1967 )

* 1877 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist ( d. 1917 )

* 1877 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited ( d. 1910 )

* 1877 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss politician ( d. 1963 )

* 1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician ( d. 1952 )

* 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army

* 1877 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player ( d. 1934 )

* 1877 – William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago ( b. 1805 )

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

* 1877 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater ( d. 1949 )

* 1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna ( d. 1941 )

* 1877 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish engineer ( d. 1935 )

* 1877 – Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos.

* 1877 – Albert Bartha, Hungarian military officer and politician ( d. 1960 )

* 1877 – Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC ( November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957 ) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

1865 – 1877.

* 1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop ( d. 1877 )

* 1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and writer ( d. 1959 )

* 1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician ( d. 1877 )

* 1797 – Adolphe Thiers, French statesman ( d. 1877 )

* 1877 – Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author ( d. 1950 )

* 1877 – Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat ( d. 1949 )

* Rudolph Dirks ( 1877 – 1968 ), comic-strip artist

Rudolph Dirks ( February 26, 1877, Heide, Schleswig-Holstein Province – April 20, 1968, New York City ) was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists.

* 1963 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist ( b. 1877 )

The “ perennialist ” or “ traditionalist ” school is represented by authors like the French René Guénon ( 1886 – 1951 ), the Indian Ananda Coomaraswamy ( 1877 – 1947 ), the Swiss Frithjof Schuon ( 1907 – 1998 ), the Italian Julius Evola ( 1898 – 1974 ), the Iranian Seyyed Hossein Nasr ( born in 1933 ), both scholars and esotericists.

* 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss businessman ( d. 1930 )

** Ernst Wetter, Swiss Federal Councillor ( b. 1877 )

* June 15 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist ( b. 1877 )

Johann Georg Baiter ( May 31, 1801 – October 10, 1877 ) was a Swiss philologist and textual critic.

The following year, 1877, they built a summer chalet in the Swiss Alps.

* Emil Abderhalden ( 1877 – 1950 ), Swiss biochemist and physiologist

Emil Abderhalden ( March 9, 1877 – August 5, 1950 ) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist.

* June 9-Augusto Giacometti, Swiss painter ( born 1877 )

Joan Gamper (; 22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930 ) previously known as Hans Kamper was a Swiss football pioneer, player and club president.

Isabelle Eberhardt ( 17 February 1877 – 21 October 1904 ) was a Swiss explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa.

* Alfred ( Denis ) Cortot ( 1877, Nyon, Vaud – 1962 ), Swiss pianist and conductor

* Augusto Giacometti ( 1877 – 1947 ), a Swiss painter ; 2nd cousin of Giovanni Giacometti

Thus, the integrability of the problem of three point vortices on the plane was solved in the 1877 thesis of a young Swiss applied mathematician named Walter Gröbli.

The company ’ s share price plummeted from 658 Swiss francs in 1868 to 70 francs in 1877.

Brick is an American cheese, made in rectangular loaves, that was first produced in Wisconsin in 1877 by John Jossi, a cheese maker of Swiss descent.