About the day » Thursday May 11, 1876Calender converter

• Albert Hendriks Tooi, Woltersum, Ten Boer († 1937)
• Anthonie Van Dijk († 1969)
• Aant Piers Soepboer, Westdongeradeel
• Alexander Hubertus Josephus Jongen, Kerkrade
• Aaltje Tuit, Scheveningen († 1956)
• Adriana Christina Coster, rotterdam
• Agatha Elisabeth Hermina La Bree, Leiden
• Adriana Ida Maria Roels, Etten-Leur († 1957)
• Aant Soepboer, Hantumeruitburen
• Anna Angelina Eulalia Van Malder, Willebroek

• Anna Maria Carolina Frederica Henrietta Magendans (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus KOEKKOEK Gzn (69), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antje (Annetje) SCHELLINGER (67), Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiegers Dam (83), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Annetje Schellinger (67), Graft
• Adolph van Eendenburg (74), Monster (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Thomas Smeding (43)
• Adolph van Eendenburg (74), Monster
• Andreas Henricus Maassen (53), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph van Eendenburgh (74), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on May 11, 1876 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.