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• Aaltje van der Meijden, Delft († 1876)
• Aalderikus Franciscus Nap, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• (levenloze) van der Tuin, Rottum, Schoterland,, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Aloijsius Baart, Hontenisse (Zeeland) († 1944)
• Andries Klazes Bootsma, Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albert Thomas WALTERS, Oaks, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Siems, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anderson Green
• Aaron van Lier, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Strijker, Avereest

• Ariën van Harn (0), Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
• Antonia Elisabeth Pijpers (14), Tilburg
• Arend Hazenberg (55), Grootegast
• Selvesina Francisca, Meester Cornelis, Djakarta, Ned.Indië
• Adriaan van Loon (59), Alphen en Riel
• Arie Groeneveld (80), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Abraham Nieuwland Beyerinck (68), Beuningen,Gemeente Beuningen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Hermina Petronella Nicola Muller (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Arentje van Duijvenvoorde (0), Katwijk aan Zee
• Alphonsius CASTELEYN (0), Roeselare

• 1856 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist († 1927)
• 1860 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on August 30, 1876 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.