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• Abraham A.M. Vaz Dias, Jodenbree Straat, Amsterdam, Nh Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Meijne, Haarlem († 1932)
• Anna van Lamoen, Alem, Maren en Kessel († 1933)
• Alida Hendrika Boers, Kloosterveen, Assen († 1945)
• Adriaan van Leerdam, MIDDELBURG, ZL, NL († 1877)
• Aleida Hendrika Meijer, Borgelt (Diepenveen) († 1911)
• Anne Knol, Den Andel, Gemeente Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1943)
• Anna Gunst, Sint Annaland, Nederland († 1877)
• Antonius Markus, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1879)
• Agnes Jane Dalton, Greenock, Renfrewshire

• Aloysius, Philippus, Wilhelmus Broekman (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der HAK (13), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• AALBERT VAN BEEK (82), Barneveld
• Anna Cornelia Plompen (2), Wilmarsdonk
• Adriaan Smaal (86), Dubbeldam
• Abraham Vermeulen (0), Cadzand, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Mol (0), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Hak (13), Scheveningen
• Antje Bouwmeester (70), Hoogland
• Adrianus Bernardus le Febvre (83), Amsterdam

• 1868 » Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist († 1943)
• 1870 » Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat († 1919)
• 1871 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist († 1945)
• 1874 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1875 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist († 1967)
• 1877 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited († 1910)
• 1877 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1963)
• 1878 » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general († 1928)
• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)

• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)

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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• 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.
• November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on August 27, 1876 was about 12.0 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.