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• Alphonse Hubert Vanderheyden, Sint-Truiden, België
• Alida Catharina Meckmann, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Mertens, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adrianus Johannes de KORVER, Dubbeldam
• Adriana Johanna Dussenbroek, Utrecht († 1949)
• Albert Conrad Noel TROWER, 88 Valley, Nelson, New Zealand († 1918)
• Adrianus Frederik van Baardwijk, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• alida maria VISSER, rotterdam († 1934)
• Anna Catharina ROOSENBROECK, Pulderbos († 1950)
• "Monte" de La Montanye Benson, Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York († 1920)

• Aalt Dirkzoon van de Pol (60)
• Anna Maria Thekla Lüken (80), Wesuwe
• Aaltje ZEEMAN (53), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Maria (1) Baars (0), Benschop, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltjen van Laar (59), Amsterdam
• Alida Maria Antonnetta Kraft (18), Rotterdam
• Aleida Stegeman (2), Diepenveen
• Anne Woudema (0), Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Heijde (71), Arnhem
• Aalt van de Pol (59), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1866 » Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor († 1949)
• 1871 » Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1906)
• 1874 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna († 1922)
• 1876 » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author († 1899)
• 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)

• 1847 » Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)

• 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.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 19, 1876 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.