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• Alexandrine ZU EULENBURG, Metz, Frankrijk († 1951)
• Albertus Saris, Olst (Olst-Wijhe) († 1958)
• Agatha Vlaming, Beverwijk
• Aart Broer, Groot-Ammers († 1948)
• Adriana Maria Kuijpers, Dordrecht,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1878)
• Alexandrine van Eulenburg, Metz, Lotharingen († 1951)
• Adolf Constantinus Peet, Deventer († 1881)
• ADRIANUS TOUW, HAARLEMMERMEER († 1966)
• Alida Catharina Westen, Odoorn († 1903)
• Alida Anna van der Veen, Harlingen († 1970)

• Gerardus Vermeulen (71), Bemmel
• Charles Joseph Jacob Decock (76), Nieuwcappelle
• Constant Viergever (30), Brouwershaven
• Adrianus Andries Brummelkamp (33), Atjeh
• Bernard Theodorus Wilhelmus Maria Schackmann (0), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Albert Brummelkamp (27), Atjeh, Indonesia
• Anna Sophia SNYMAN (77)
• Berend Barneveld van Meekeren (62), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Constand Viergever (30), Brouwershaven
• Anthonius Arts (78), Utrecht

• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)
• 1884 » Maxwell Perkins, American editor († 1947)
• 1885 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta († 1950)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• 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.

The temperature on September 20, 1876 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.