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• van Tussenbroek, Pernis († 1876)
• Adriana Maria van der Meijs, Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant) († 1962)
• Albert Mendel, Wreschen, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland († 1942)
• Aaltje Euverman, Ooststellingwerf
• Adriaan van Gorp, Goirle
• Vijge, Apeldoorn († 1949)
• Adrianus Franciscus Herwijn, Ranst, Belgium († 1957)
• Andrew John Balzer, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1926)
• Alida Maria Paardekooper, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Adrianus van der Ende, 's Gravenzande († 1949)

• Adriana Jans in't Hout (42), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Aafke van Dijk (65), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke Pieters van Dijk (65), Leek
• Adrianus Peijnenborg (Peijnenburch) (75), Eindhoven, Stratum, NB, Nederland
• van Tussenbroek (0), Pernis
• Anna Alida Basfant Bassant (83), Rotterdam
• Adolf von Brauchitsch (76), Stettin
• Alessandri Fagundez (13)
• Aalbert Vlaanderen (20), Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adolf von Brauchitsch (76), Stettin, Duitsland

• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1866 » Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1870 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company († 1912)
• 1876 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner († 1928)
• 1881 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Edward G. Robinson, American actor († 1973)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)

• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)

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.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on December 12, 1876 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.