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• Aagje Groot, Oosterblokker († 1934)
• (2) Catharina Anna Brons, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1949)
• Alof Jan Schuurman, Gaanderen (Doetinchem-Ambt) († 1878)
• Adriana van Mil, Ammerzoden († 1896)
• Adriana Roelse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1876)
• Aaltje Regnerus, Westernijkerk,Ferweradeel
• Adriana Maria van Beurden, Tilburg († 1954)
• Alphonsius Otten, Basel (B) († 1962)
• Aaltje Doldersum, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1893)
• Adriana II Heijstek, Emmikhoven

• Antje Pieters Pel (41), Britsum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas Deman (0), Woumen
• Adriana Maria HOSKORN (66), Dordrecht
• Aartje Montizaan (1), Heerde
• Anna Helena Rolfes (60), Wesuwer Brook, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albertien Meenhorst (76), Ittersum, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonius Ketelaars (72), St. Oedenrode
• Adrianus Dobbelsteen (3), Heesch
• Adriana Willeboordse (57), Wissenkerke (Noord-Beveland, ZL) NL
• Antje Engeles de Wolf (62)

• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)

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. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on April 21, 1876 was about 15.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.