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• Abram Kiewiet, Winschoten († 1935)
• Aagje de Hoog, WAARDER (Bodegraven-Reeuwijk), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Albertus Hensen, Waalwijk
• Akke Hoekstra, Goutum († 1949)
• Aaltje ter Haak, Zaandam (Zaanstad), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• alice CORNEZ, Hornu (Belgium)
• Addie Georgia Ragsdale, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Alida Grolle, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Adrianus Keijzer, Ter Aar († 1963)
• Adriana Cornelia Stevens, Middelburg († 1921)

• Aagje Nugteren (73), Hillegersberg
• Abraham Stols (75), Sint Philipsland
• Blonden (0), Leut (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B)
• Anna Jacoba Casteel (77), Groningen
• Aartje Noorland (34), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• aaltje LANGERAK (51), numansdorp
• Aagje van Duijn (0), Castricum
• Anna Jacoba van Kasteel (77), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba van Kasteel (Casteel) (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Nugteren (73), Rotterdam Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
• 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
• 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• 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 March 31, 1876 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.