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• Alfred Kahle, Königsberg (russ. Kaliningrad), Rajon Kaliningrad, Oblast Kaliningrad
• Anna Catharina van Leeuwen, Breda, Nederland († 1876)
• Anna Maria Frissen, Maastricht († 1947)
• Antonius (Antoon) Deliën, Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Vermast, Koewacht
• Alzira Boitel, Amparo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1965)
• Antje Edel van Twisk, Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Maria Alink, Borbeck, Essen, Rhein, Prussia, Germany († 1965)
• Antonetta Alessie, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Visser, Hoorn {NH} († 1943)

• Adriana van de Plasse (1), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Neijs (91), Woensdrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Fruijtier (62), Boschkapelle,Vogelwaarde
• Adrianus van Oost (0), Sint Maartensdijk
• Anna de Neijs (90), Woensdrecht
• Aaldert Vollendam (15), Het Haagje, Hoogeveen
• Alexandrina Stas (36), Halmaal, België
• Aldegondis Minsen (75), Zepperen, België
• Anna van Klootwijk (36), Dussen
• Anna Maartense Krabbe (85), Duivendijke (83jr)

• 1860 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist († 1920)
• 1862 » Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel († 1939)
• 1867 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer († 1950)
• 1870 » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)
• 1883 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright († 1957)
• 1885 » Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator († 1954)
• 1890 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor († 1963)
• 1890 » Edward Arnold, American actor († 1956)
• 1892 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1944)

• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)

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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

The temperature on February 18, 1876 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.