About the day » Friday November 17, 1876Calender converter

• Albertus HEKKERS, Deventer († 1955)
• Albert CHAFFEY, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• "Friedrich Heinrich" Joseph Maria Gregor Kolumbus Hoyos, Washington, D.C., Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Adrianus Henricus Levens, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1962)
• Anna Groeneweg, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Ras, Urk († 1922)
• Alberdina Van Alphen, Everdingen
• Adrianus Brouwers, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Andrew Stewart Gregg, Ireland († 1954)
• Andrew Rathsack, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1958)

• Adrianus Theodorus PALLADA (0), Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Aartje van der Meijde (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jonkman (0), Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Zegers (86), Axel
• (2) Neeltje Tesselaar (43), Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Elema (74), Noorderhoogebrug
• Van den bergh (0), Bornem
• Anje Hendriks Elema (74), Noorderhogebrug, Bedum
• Adriana Zegers (83), Axel
• Adrianus, Theodous Pallada (0), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1857 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic († 1932)
• 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
• 1868 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)

• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)

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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on November 17, 1876 was about 12.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.