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• Adriaan Pieter Quaak, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ale Noppert, Nijehaske († 1948)
• Alida Adriana Mol, Stompwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Aart van den Brink, De Bilt († 1955)
• Adhémar Camille Debisschop, Ronse, Vlaams Gewest, België († 1878)
• Aaltje Taekeles Swart, Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana Hendrika Hefftij, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Aaltiena Houwing, Gieterveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 1878)
• van Tuijl, Amsterdam († 1876)
• Alida Hofstaetter, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1947)

• Cheney Taylor (72), New York, Verenigde Staten
• adriana keus (57), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lieuwes van der Plaats (0), Menaldum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexandre Bloch (74), Hirsingue, 68560, Frankrijk
• Huisman Leendert (57), Oud Alblas
• Antje Neeltje van der Wal (0), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerrits van Vriesen (56), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Zaman (0), Stoppeldijk
• Bernhard Wertheimer (33)
• Anna Theresia Diestel (20), Germantown, Clinton, Illinois, United States

• 1865 » Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator († 1925)
• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)

• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)

• 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 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 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• 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.

The temperature on October 15, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.