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• Albertus Theodorus Kagie, Gouda
• 0nbekend de Ronde, Hilversum
• Alida Catharina Van Den Wijngaard, Leiden († 1877)
• Allen Free Kittrell [K 8], Barnwell County, South Carolina ac († 1901)
• Albertus den Ambtman, Tiel (Gelderland) († 1972)
• Alida Catharina Wijngaard van den, Leiden († 1877)
• Albertus van 't Wout, Alphen († 1880)
• Antonia van Bommel, Escharen, Nbr.NL († 1956)
• Adriana Theodora Jaspers, Nijmegen († 1877)
• Adolf Van Sittaert, Kieldrecht († 1964)

• Catharina Hendrika de Klijn (40), Haarlem
• Aldert Haverkamp (29), St. Annen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aldert Pieters Haverkamp (29), St. Annen, Groningen, Nederland
• Beschen Katz (57), Jesberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Benedikt Kohn, Horni Benešov, Bennisch, Tchéquie
• Auguste Dorothea Meyer (98), Ligovo, St. Petersburg
• Aldert Haverkamp (29), Sint Annen (gem. Groningen)
• Adriana Pieternella Brand (52), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Wilms (4), Helden
• Antje (Anna) Lammertsma (54), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)
• 1883 » Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer († 1970)
• 1887 » Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman († 1965)
• 1888 » Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer († 1945)
• 1895 » Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer († 1996)

• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)

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.
• 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.
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• 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 July 4, 1876 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.