About the day » Sunday May 21, 1876Calender converter

• Alfons Pierlet, Wilsele
• Albert Henry Diedrich, Indiana († 1921)
• Adophe Vererfven, Anzegem († 1927)
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Leeden, Ameide († 1924)
• Alphonsus van der Aa, Kruibeke
• Aize Klazes Van Houten, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1912)
• Afiena Steenhuis, Ten Boer († 1928)
• Alice Kohner van Szastberek, Boedapest († 1926)
• Afiena Steenhuis, Ten Boer,, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• ALFONS PIERLET, WILSELE SINT-MARTINUS

• Antje Kos (39), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Minette Casparine barones van Voorst tot Voorst (0), Bagoe (Kraksaän)
• Adriaantje Blaak (74), Heinenoord
• Abraham Johan Klugkist (16), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• "Adrienne" Hervée Louise de Carbonnel de Canisy (91)
• Anthonis van de Kreeke (13), Wolphaartsdijk
• Antje van der Klaauw (63), Monster, South Holland, Netherlands
• Agatha Pijpers (40), Leiden
• Adrianus Oostvogels (73), Zundert, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Abraham van Maurik (67), Renkum

• 1860 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1861 » Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic († 1918)
• 1863 » Archduke Eugen of Austria († 1954)
• 1864 » Princess Stéphanie of Belgium († 1945)
• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)

• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

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.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 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.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on May 21, 1876 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.