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• adriana margaretha van DIEMEN, groot ammers († 1959)
• Antje Jans Sinnema, Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1877)
• Aaltje Benjamins, Krakeel/Hoogeveen
• Aleida Christina Haverkamp, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1963)
• Aafje Jandr Kasten, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1931)
• António Vasco de Melo Silva César e Meneses († 1928)
• Anna Catharina (Anna) Veth, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Albertus Cornelissen, Jutphaas
• ADRIANA SOMERS, TILBURG († 1957)
• Aart Cornelis Adrianus van Reekum, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1958)

• Carel Adolph Ris (0), Schiedam
• arie van der ELST (62), kralingen
• Barendina Koole (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Anthonie de Smidt (21), Schoondijke, Nederland
• Arthur Charles Wriothesley Lennox (34)
• Carl Adolf Ris (0), Schiedam
• Arie van der Elst (62), Kralingen, Nederland
• Anna Groeneveld (31), Rockanje
• Arie Schelen (45)
• Annechien van Oosting (55), Saaxumhuizen, Baflo, Groningen, Nederland

• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
• 1865 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1866 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1937)
• 1868 » August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi († 1951)
• 1868 » Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines († 1914)
• 1872 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator († 1958)
• 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
• 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)
• 1878 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower († 1956)
• 1880 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author († 1913)

• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (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. 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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• 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 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on October 12, 1876 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.