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• Aart van Looijengoed, Putten
• Andreas Johannes Hendrikus van Gunsteren, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Schipperen, Zevenbergen († 1877)
• Aaltje Guliker, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Hol, Ophemert
• Anna Cornelia van Bezouw, Gilze en Rijen († 1961)
• Aaltje (van de Loos) Molenaar, Volendam, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Maria Valentina PEETERMANS, Liege, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Abraham Johannis Saarloos, herkingen (goeree overflakkee)
• Adronia Vanoverberghe, Klerken († 1876)

• Aaltje Doekes WESTRA (59), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Albert Lubbers (34), Haarlem
• Anne Caroline Georgette Magna D'Hangest Dit D'Yvoy (78), Zeist
• Anna Cannon (4)
• Anne Caroline Georgette Magna Anne Caroline Georgetta Magna d' Hangest d' Yvoij (79), Zeist
• Anna Avila Hitchcock (4)
• Anna Maria Koop (59), Dörpen, Emsland
• Anna Carolina Georgette Magna VAN HANGEST D'YVOY (78), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Carolina Georgetta Magna van Hangest barones d’Yvoy (78), Zeist,Gemeente Zeist,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Aaltje Doekes Westra (59), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)
• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)
• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

• 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.
• February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• 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 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on January 3, 1876 was about 4.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.