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• Anne Berends Reitsma, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Annechiena Willemina Kunst, Harlingen († 1876)
• Agnes Elisabeth Meer van der ongehuwd, Groningen, Gr, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Regina La Grand, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1914)
• Aaltje Snijder, Sellingen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1910)
• Aaltje Schuurman, Ommen († 1950)
• Annetje Hoeve, Ouder Amstel
• Adrianus Gerardus Gillet, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Anna Cornelia Bartholomeeusen, Loenhout († 1961)
• van der Woude, Nijega (Small.) († 1876)

• Anna Maria de Boek (36), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Sluis (Sluijs) (74), Dordrecht
• Bernardus Vos (66), Schaijk
• Anna Maria PRAETS, Overpelt
• Adriaan Bergers (67), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jan Sonius Mulder (41), Groningen
• Bregje Brussee (0), Rijnsburg
• Anna Catharina van Leeuwen (0), Breda, Nederland
• Aldegonda Meij (65), Maastricht
• Arnoldus Muller- (2), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)

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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on May 16, 1876 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.