About the day » Thursday August 24, 1876Calender converter

• Abel Pieters van der Til, Niekerk († 1970)
• Adriana Dijkers, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Adriana Maria de Graaff, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)
• Anna Maria Adriana Staps, Tilburg, Nederland († 1920)
• Rozenboom, Renkum († 1876)
• Albert Carbaat, Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adriana Maria de Graaff, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriana Vernooij, Bunnik († 1963)
• Antje I Koetsier, Zoetermeer, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana Maria de Graaf, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)

• Aafke Miedema (66), Wonseradeel
• Antje Bruijn(s) (82), Twisk
• Adriaan Weststrate (0), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Derks (2), Horst
• Adriana Baremans (0), Princenhage, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Krab (56), de Noordzee
• Albert Ghislain GHISTE (6), Gondregnies, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adriaan Weststrate (0), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Rozenboom (0), Renkum
• Adriana DE JONG (0), Ridderkerk, Gemeente Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)

• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (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.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

The temperature on August 24, 1876 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.