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• Adrianus van Alteren, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Gram, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriaan van der Schaft, Baarn Utr († 1927)
• Anna Maria Bennenbroek, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas († 1952)
• Allegonda Petronella van Heck, Lith, Nederland
• Adrianus van Alteren, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Aafje Oudhuis, Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Cornelia Smits, Klundert († 1942)
• Andries Laurens Sanders, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Kaljouw, Meliskerke, Zeeland, NL († 1951)

• Bernadina Hartman (0), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Adriaantje Dubbeld (29), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechijn van der Veen (40), Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Arie Nicolaas Nieuwendaal (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jacobs Hagen (33), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Nicolaus August van Melsen (56), Maastricht
• Antonius Calluy (0), Hoevenen, Stabroek
• Berendina Hartman (0)
• Adriana Snikkers (48), Alblasserdam
• Abel Grutter (37), Assen,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1866 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1942)
• 1870 » Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian († 1952)
• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
• 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
• 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
• 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
• 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)
• 1888 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States († 1965)

• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 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.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• 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 7, 1876 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.