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• Anna Jacoba Slootmans, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Martin, Maastricht († 1879)
• Adriana Dijke, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Catharina Aernouts, Wilmarsdonk
• Adelheid Elisabeth Melanie Ida Emilie Mathilde Victoria van der Recke van Volmerstein, Krosnice (Kraschnitz), Neder-Silezië, Polen († 1968)
• Adriana van Dijke, Anna Paulowna († 1947)
• Abram Willems, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• VAN GESTEL, Tilburg,North-Brabant,Netherlands († 1876)
• Antje Martina Kuiper, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Catharina Gulickx, Baarle-Nassau († 1876)

• Adriana van Ouden (72), Udenhout
• Abraham Vies (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Anna Gertrude Kuisch, Kuis (45), Taos, Missouri, United States
• Abraham Gerrit van der Waals (3), Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana den Ouden (73), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Duijnhoven (43), Erp
• Andries Kramers (32), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Beukhof (24), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie van den HOED (45), Soest
• Anna Geerts Prins (62), Hollandscheveld

• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on December 5, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.