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• van Doorn, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland († 1876)
• Adam Visser, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1921)
• Adriana Catharina van Driel, Benthuizen, 2731, Nederland
• , Zonnemaire
• Abraham Janse van der Have, Nieuwerkerk († 1926)
• Alice Virginia Wright
• Albert Bronsvoort, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus de Zeeuw, Nijmegen, GE Netherlands († 1935)
• Roskam, Sliedrecht († 1876)
• Alexander Tennis, Green Bay, Brown county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1950)

• Aaltje Van Grootheest (67), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amalie von Miltitz (51)
• Anna Catharina Hoogman (0), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alfons Jozef Aloïs COGGHE (0), Leffinge, 35008, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Agatha Dorrepaal (78)
• Aafje Heijkoop (73), Tongelre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Pieters Renken Rinkel (79), Blokker
• Aleida Brugman (67), Gendringen
• Roskam (0), Sliedrecht
• Antje Wessels (Antien) Nijholt (71), Makkinga, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland

• 1868 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

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.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on February 1, 1876 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.