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• aagje de GROOT, westmaas († 1941)
• Alexander Jan Marie Catharinus Brandenburg, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Zwaagman, Chicago (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Adelbert Samuel Green, Shell Rock, Butler Co., IA († 1961)
• Ange Marie Joseph Louis de la Brassinne, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands
• * Laurens de Rover, Gorinchem († 1958)
• Adrianus Westerbeek, Baarn
• (l.l.) Post, Rotterdam († 1876)
• Anne Taedes Smedes, Garijp († 1955)
• Ann Dickins, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England

• Antje Stolk (82), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Maria van Uffelen (0), Maasland, South Holland, Netherlands
• Annigje Bentum (3), Diever
• Anna Catharina de Ronde (67), Tricht
• Antje Abbenes (72), Den Helder
• (l.l.) Post (0), Rotterdam
• Alfons Hendrik Vanouplinis (1), Passendale, België
• Anna Cornelia de Goede (0), Zijpe
• * Petronella van Kuijck (58), Lierop
• Antje Stolk (81), Avereest, Overijsel

• 1871 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant († 1951)
• 1873 » James Harcourt, English character actor († 1951)
• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)
• 1879 » Paul Poiret, French fashion designer († 1944)
• 1882 » Holland Smith, American general († 1967)
• 1884 » Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator († 1915)
• 1884 » Oliver Kirk, American boxer († 1960)
• 1884 » Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1966)
• 1889 » Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist († 1996)
• 1889 » Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland († 1918)

• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on April 20, 1876 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.