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• Albert Bos, Onstwedde († 1968)
• Aaffien Stertefeld, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus Huisman, Strijen († 1961)
• Antje Stuurman, Bergentheim († 1880)
• Arie Cornelis Breukhoven, Dordrecht († 1955)
• Ann Muijderman, Lancaster, Lancashire, Gr. Brittannie
• Alois Hoornaert, Beveren Roeselaere (W-VL) België († 1961)
• Rosenbrand, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus BOS, Herselt, 2230, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Anthonia Nederstigt, Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)

• Agatha van ADRICHEM (51), Hof van Delft
• Berendina Aleida TeSelle (0), Lancaster Co., NE (US)
• Augustinus Joannes Vanduyfhuys (55), Oostende
• Baukje Thomas Huizinga (75), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schouten (36), Raamsdonk
• Antonia Schreuders (63), Utrecht
• Agatha Pietronella Van Kan (53), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Albert Snieder (54), Assen, Nederland
• Baukjen Thomas Huizinga (75), Smallingerland
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Smit (47), Zuid Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• 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.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• 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.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on August 8, 1876 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.