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• Adriaan Griekspoor, Haarlemmermeer
• Alphonsus Ludovicus De Poortere, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertje Bollen, Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Anna Bolander-, Zuilen, Nederland († 1878)
• Adriana Johanna Ariesdr van der Graaf, Rotterdam
• Adriana Elisabeth Antonia Verhoeven, Leiden († 1953)
• Andriesje Foekes Koeze, St Johannesga, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna Cornelia Bolle, Nieuwerkerk(ZL) († 1885)
• Anna Huisenga, Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois († 1951)
• Adriaan Griekspoor, Haarlemmermeer

• Ann Flint (76), Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States
• Anna Catharina van den Bulck (25), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonie Bekkers (38), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anke Teens Teensma (62), Schiermonnikoog
• Antje Willems Beld (53), Weststellingwerf
• Adriaantje Wittekoek (39), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Van Landschoot (0)
• Adriana Benschop (62), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Anna Maas (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Bakker (39), Giethoorn

• 1871 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author († 1963)
• 1874 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier († 1955)
• 1878 » Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter († 1953)
• 1879 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician († 1964)
• 1880 » Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House († 1964)
• 1881 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey († 1938)
• 1884 » David Munson, American runner († 1953)
• 1886 » Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General († 1968)
• 1887 » Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor († 1983)
• 1889 » Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author († 1939)

• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
• 1872 » John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on May 19, 1876 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.