About the day » Wednesday December 6, 1876Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes HULSEBOS, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1951)
• (onbekend) Rooker, Den Helder († 1876)
• Veenstra, Drachten, Friesland, Nederländerna († 1951)
• Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina Böger, Den Helder, Nederland, Noord Holland († 1900)
• Adrianus Antonius Hulsman, Schiedam
• Anna Catharina Boonen, Wellen, België († 1967)
• Albert Willem Lans, Panaroekan / Sitoebondo († 1947)
• Rooker, Den Helder
• Althe Long, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Albert Peters, Apeldoorn († 1952)

• Cornelia van den Broek (34), Tilburg
• Adriana Maria Dierckx (77), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna van Bentum (72), Bunnik
• Anna Gertrud BAHR (81), Puttgarden/Fehmarn (DE)
• Adrianus van Grimhuijzen (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Hooijmans (0), Veur, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Westerning (64), Holysloot, Ransdorp, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Bentum (72), Bunnik
• Barta Gesiena Swart (52), Kampen
• Aart Twigt (57), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)
• 1878 » Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician († 1968)
• 1882 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer († 1954)
• 1884 » Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic († 1973)
• 1886 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet († 1918)
• 1887 » Lynn Fontanne, British actress († 1983)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on December 6, 1876 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.