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• Anna Schuurman, Noordlaren, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• Abraham Hendrik Luijten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Windhouwer, Zaandam († 1876)
• Adriaan de JONGE, Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland († 1876)
• Gebbeken, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1876)
• Amel Vroege, Giessen Nieuwkerk († 1876)
• Adelbert Samuel Green, Shell Rock, Butler Co., IA († 1961)
• Nijland, Wierden († 1876)
• AGNES PHILOMENE TRIEKELS, ZONHOVEN
• Anna Zwaagman, Chicago (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1953)

• Anne Catharine Van Springel (63), Geel, België
• (l.l.) Post (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Groot Jebbink (60), Lintvelde
• Adianus Maas (67), Bergen op Zoom
• Andries van den Sigtenhorst (0), Deventer
• Agnes Maria van Uffelen (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus MAES (67), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina de Ronde (67), Tricht
• Albertien Meenhorst (76), Zwollerkerspel (Ittersum)
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• 1871 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant († 1951)
• 1873 » James Harcourt, English character actor († 1951)
• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)
• 1879 » Paul Poiret, French fashion designer († 1944)
• 1882 » Holland Smith, American general († 1967)
• 1884 » Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator († 1915)
• 1884 » Oliver Kirk, American boxer († 1960)
• 1884 » Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1966)
• 1889 » Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist († 1996)
• 1889 » Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland († 1918)

• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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 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 April 20, 1876 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.