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• Alice Egidia Alston († 1930)
• Adrianus Christoffel Treffers, Waalwijk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Alberdina Balk, Garnwerd gem. Ezinge († 1878)
• Anna Adriana Rinders, Hoek, North Brabant, Nederland († 1877)
• Anna Maria (2) de BEUN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adriaans, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Anke Werkman, Noordbroek, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Albert McKim Baker, Maryland († 1942)
• Alfred Walther Wurmbach, Dahlbruch
• Langmo, Balsfjord, Troms©i, Troms, Norway

• Anna Catharina JORIS, Broechem, Ranst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antje Jans SINNEMA (8), Holwerd (Westdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Bernardina Cornelia van Nes (0), Boskoop
• Blazina Schrijver (39)
• Catharina Keeren (Keren) (71), Roermond
• Amos Chesebrough (86), Stonington, New London County, CT in his 86th year of age
• Benjamin Payne Beekman (63)
• Augustinus de Rooij (78), Tilburg
• Augustinus Lycklama à Nijeholt (62), Franeker (gem. Waadhoeke)
• Anna Catharina Boesiek (68), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)

• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• 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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on August 6, 1876 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.