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• Adriaantje Mol, Heenvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Stoop, Made en Drimmelen
• Aagje de Vries, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Ana Beatriz Polo y Vélez, Chiclayo, Peru († 1907)
• Anna Stoop, Made en Drimmelen († 1941)
• Aartje Kleijn, Asperen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Arnold Haenen, Schoonbeek-Beverst, België († 1984)
• van der Wal, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Annie Crites, Daisy, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• (Stillborn) MULDER, Sauwerd Groningen Netherlands († 1876)

• Albertje Boertje (2), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• ARIE VAN SPRONSEN (2), ROZENBURG
• Amalie Elise Schwenn (21), Doberan, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
• Antoinette Marie Duynslaegher (66), St.-Pierre-Boulogne, Friesland, Nederland
• Alegonda van Aurich \ van Aurik (79), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Hendrik Luijten (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van de Laar (37), Boekel
• Alegonda van Aurik (81), Leeuwarden
• (Stillborn) MULDER (0), Sauwerd Groningen Netherlands

• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• 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 May 2, 1876 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.