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• Albertje Graanstra, Marum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1963)
• Afke Lentz, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1877)
• Abraham Vedder (Vedders,Fedder), Amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Aart de GROOT, 's-Gravendeel
• Anna Pijnenburg, Bokhoven († 1947)
• "Jean" Laurent Fréderick Longuet, London († 1938)
• Adriana van Os, Zoelen (GL)
• Albertje Graanstra, Nuis († 1963)
• Aaltje Lula, Eexta (Scheemda) († 1952)
• Abraham Prince, Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland († 1876)

• Bastiana Francina van Buul (67), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Augusta Adolphina Leopoldina Catharina barones van Pallandt (82), Kamen,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Aartje Ver Kerk (72), Ammerstol, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Capt Samuel Paine (83), Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Verwij, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonius van Hout (59), Gemert
• Angela Beernaert (78), Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Auguste Adolfine Leopoldine Catharina van Pallandt Heer Van Egede (82), Camen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Anna Margaretha Weijs (1), Maasbree
• Abraham Gerardus Johannes Kroonstuiver (0), Den Helder

• 1872 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist († 1950)
• 1876 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1878 » Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)
• 1891 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic († 1934)
• 1893 » Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist († 1949)

• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)

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.
• February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 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.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• 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.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on May 10, 1876 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%.