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• Abraham Leconte, kattedijke (zeeland) († 1882)
• Alida Schaap, Lies, Friesland, Nederland († 1929)
• Adrianus van Boekel, Empel († 1961)
• Anna Josepha Godderij, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1966)
• Adriana C Smits, Klundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Elisabeth Spijkers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1941)
• André BAUDOUIN, Les Ponts-de-Cé, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• de Loor, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Beije, Kerkwerve
• Alida Schaap, Terschelling-Lies († 1929)

• Ariaantje 't Jong (56), Sliedrecht
• Anna Frederica Susanna Melis (43), Alkmaar
• Antje Pieters Kooistra (24), Farmsum
• Antje Jacobs Hagen (34), Ooststellingwerf, Fr, Nederland
• Bertha Kurnik (56), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland
• Anna Margaretha Huisman (22), Korengarst (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Ariaantje 't Jong (56), Sliedrecht
• Anthonie de Puijt (41), Wolphaartsdijk, Goes, ZL
• Antje Kooistra (24), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Paulina Elisabeth Neijhoff (31), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indië

• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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.
• 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.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• 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.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on October 17, 1876 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.