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• Aaltje Hendriks Smink, Koekange, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Adele Wilhelmina Anna Van Der Sar, Soerakarta, Java, Ned. Indie
• Akke JORNA, Idaarderadeel(Friesland)
• Antonie Benjamin Jan van den Bergh, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Simon, Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anna Wilhelmina Adelina van der Sar, Surakarta (Ned.-Ind) († 1956)
• Agnese Enrichetta Mazzucchetti, Bazel, Zwitserland († 1975)
• Antonia Gruijters, Erp († 1945)
• Jan van der Does, Velsen
• Aaltje HARTMAN, Schoonhoven

• Adrianus Wouters (12), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Aren Koeteeuw (76), Goedereede
• Antje Elzes Hazelhoff (69), Kolham gem. Slochteren
• Adriana Hoogduin (0), Den Haag
• Alberta Maria Richel (0), Den Haag
• Adriaantje Lamme (1), loosdrecht (noord holland)
• Albertje Abrahams (74), Rolde, Nederland
• Akke Geerts Oosterwal (85), Bergum
• aagje BARENDREGT (61), klaaswaal
• Anthonie Johannes Wilhelmus Jacobus van GINKEL (32), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)

• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)

• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)

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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on July 29, 1876 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.