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• Aartje Schimmel, Utrecht († 1876)
• Adrieana Wilhelmina Raman, Kockengen
• Klaaske Bos, Baarderadeel († 1899)
• Abraham BEUN, Sluis, Sluis-Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Albert Homan, Eext
• Adriaan van Oosterhout, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1876)
• ?? van Woerden, De Lier († 1876)
• Adelheid Apponyi van Nagy-Appony, Wenen († 1945)
• Ada Beatrice Howell, New Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire, England († 1965)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Raman, Kockengen, Nederland († 1930)

• (80), Hollandscheveld Hoogeveen
• Age (Jan) Schotanus (42), Sloten
• Anna Cornelia Custers (58), Guttecoven
• Almond Calkins (70), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Jacobs Rengers (55), Uithuizermeden, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Bertens (78), Udenhout
• Age~Jans Schotanus (42), Sleat
• Anna Sophia Hoogendam (0), Sloten (Amsterdam)
• ANNA MARIA CATHARINA STIENEN (1), Wittem-Mechelen
• Albert van de Scheur (30), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)
• 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)

• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)

• 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.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on January 11, 1876 was about -13.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.