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• Aaltje Jans Boersma, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Isaac Riesenfeld, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• adeline MUSIN, Hornu (Belgium)
• Alfons Smet, Mol, België († 1962)
• Maria Catharina Jochems, Steenbergen († 1968)
• Adriana KRUITHOF, Numansdorp († 1880)
• Agnes Harper, Greene, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• ?? Huisman († 1876)
• Adriaentje Verheul, Hoogvliet († 1946)
• Allie Mae Burton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1955)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth CELIS (45), Wilrijk
• Aaltje Klaasen Mast (27), Staphorst
• Alle Alberts Buursma (32), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolf Hartman (57), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Maria Bakelaar (0), Eierland (Texel, NH)
• Bergman (0)
• Abraham Both (3), zwartewaal (zuid holland)
• Adrina Hillegonda Elizabeth Driessen (0), Kralingen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Jumelet (0), Bruinisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Alida Otter (37), Slagharen

• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)
• 1875 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer († 1919)
• 1876 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician († 1966)
• 1877 » Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter († 1968)
• 1879 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet († 1957)
• 1883 » Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)

• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on October 8, 1876 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.