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• Aaltje Orij, Castricum († 1950)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Schlechtriem, Kerkrade (Kerkrade) (Limburg) († 1942)
• Anna Maria Selsig, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1962)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Schlechtriem, Kerkrade († 1942)
• Antje Gosses van Seyen, Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland († 1964)
• Ackermans, Blanden († 1949)
• Benoni Joseph Vanbesien, Izegem, België
• Amelia Philomena De Winter, Nieuwerkerken, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1878)
• Berend van Der Zwaag, Stadskanaal, Onstwedde († 1957)
• Albert Burtis Cleland, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 1942)

• Anna Margaret Linn (57), Sussex, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius van Hal (44), Rucphen
• Antje Spruit (64), Leiden
• Augustinus Geeraerts (0), Alken, België
• Antje Michiels (Mechiels) Kuipers (74), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Andeweg (0), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Abraham Bloch (54), SchoenhauserAllee, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Anna Maria Peters (65)
• Bastiaan Fortuin (24), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Leonard Burnett (65), Tennessee

• 1858 » Maria Christina of Austria († 1929)
• 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
• 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)
• 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
• 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
• 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)

• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)

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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

The temperature on July 21, 1876 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.