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• Adrianus Koopman, Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Baur, Heerlen (L († 1876)
• Aafke Jansd Kuipers, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1943)
• Adrianus Marinus Smolders, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)
• Aafke Kuipers, Rotterdam († 1943)
• van Asselen († 1876)
• Adriana Oomen, Delwijnen († 1876)
• Alfred Schirren, New York (Verenigde Staten)
• Adriana Maria Heijnen, Roosendaal († 1941)
• Aafje Delft, Rijnsburg

• Anne Catherine LOZ (78), Gulpen-Wittem (Gulpen),6271,Limburg,Limburg,PAYS-BAS
• Arie van Wijk (63), Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arent Schutte (0), Zalk en Veecaten, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria DE VRÉ (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Beek (0), Zwartebroek
• Arien Schouten (80), Blokker
• Agathe WIOLAND (73), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• August Julius (August) von Kotzebue (76), Tallinn, Tallinna linn, Harju County, Estonia
• Antje Pieters Wiersma (32), Abbega, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria der Kinderen (48), Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)
• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)
• 1882 » Seth Bingham, American organist and composer († 1972)
• 1884 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician († 1963)
• 1885 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator († 1960)
• 1886 » Ernst Thälmann, German politician († 1944)
• 1886 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower († 1957)

• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)

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. Klaas

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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• 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.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on April 16, 1876 was about 5.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.