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• Adriana Johanna Nijgh, Katwijk († 1948)
• Aaltje Heuvelink, Zutphen († 1960)
• Aaltje Polman, De Bilt († 1876)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Ravenstein († 1877)
• Akke Kooistra, akkerwoude († 1890)
• Akke Lammerts Kooistra, Dantumadeel/ Akkerwoude
• Alonzo Kabel, Huntsville, Randolph County, Indiana
• Aart Dirk de Zwart, Strijen († 1956)
• Anna van der Zwet, Noordwijk
• Anna Elisabeth Verboven, Loenhout

• Alice Maria Deconynck (0), Esen
• Aaltien Kleijne (83), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Berends KLEINE (83), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van Munster (42), Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Laven (34), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Wiersma (22), Suawoude
• Anna Maria SPIJKERS (71), Heerlen, 2730, Limburg, Nederland
• van Wijk, Poederoijen
• Anna Elizabeth Kik (22), Ouwerkerk
• Antje Siebes Wiersma (22), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1871 » Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia († 1941)
• 1871 » Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher († 1919)
• 1873 » Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer († 1961)
• 1874 » Henry Travers, English-American actor († 1965)
• 1875 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria († 1952)
• 1876 » Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player († 1959)
• 1876 » Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England († 1947)
• 1879 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1879 » William Beveridge, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic († 1963)
• 1880 » Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic († 1968)

• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)

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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• 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.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• 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.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on March 5, 1876 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.