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• Antonia Parente de Godoy, Cabrobó, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Anne Bosma, Jubbega-Schurega, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Fasot, Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adriana Geertruida VUNDERINK, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus van Geffen, Lithoijen († 1942)
• Adriaantje Steffen, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriaantje Steffen, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Andrew Albertus Morris, Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Aafje Veldhuis, (Nummer 130)-Jisp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Drijver, Het Haantje, Noord-Sleen, Nederland († 1949)

• Antonie Frederik Zurcher (51), Maastricht
• Anna Barbara Claassen (7), Echterbosch, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Dirks SCHOUTEN (81), Dubbeldam
• Adriana van der Spek (0), De Lier, 2678, Nederland
• Adriana 't Lam (26), Culemborg
• Anna Margaretha (Duurkes) Dürken (72), Valthermond, Odoorn
• Antje Tijhof (78), Amsterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Plomp (58), Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD)
• adèle RUELLE (31), La Bouverie (Belgium)
• Ariaentje Dirksd Schouten (81), Dubbeldam, zh.nld

• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Petronella
16. Geertruida

• 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.
• February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 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.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• 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.
• 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 April 15, 1876 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 31%.