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• Anna Maria van de Poel, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)
• Alida van Opstal, Rhoon († 1877)
• Anna Julienne Wartelle, Lille, 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Aart Juffer, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Johanna Cornelia Westhoff, 's-Gravenzande († 1953)
• Alieda Catharina Scheffer, Drouwenerveen († 1930)
• Abramina van den Berg, Leiden († 1879)
• Alfred Ucko, Wroclaw, Silesia, Poland († 1943)
• Anna Cornelia Tonckens, Den Ham († 1945)
• Adriana van der Velden († 1965)

• Boukje Jorrits de Boer (55)
• Aukjen Pieters Eizinga (57), Drachten
• Catharina van Steenoven, Oosterhout, Nederland
• Ariaantje Kuijt (51), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelis Pistorius (0), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Hens (67), Oud-Turnhout-Rooskam (2360, Antwerpen)
• Berendina Molenberg (5), Groningen
• Carolina Catharina X (81)
• Carolina Catharina Van Haersolte (81)
• Anna Maria Francisca Rutten Rutten (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1862 » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet († 1938)
• 1867 » David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch († 1931)
• 1868 » Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer († 1912)
• 1872 » Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress († 1918)
• 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)
• 1884 » Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer († 1977)
• 1890 » Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1971)
• 1891 » Erich Marcks, German general († 1944)
• 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)

• 1840 » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)

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. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on June 6, 1876 was about 12.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.