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• Adriana Snoeij, Krimpen aan den IJssel († 1956)
• Anna Maria Barbara Roosenboom, Schaesberg
• Alfons Verstraeten, Temse
• Albert Johannes Vlodder, Weststellingwerf
• Annigje Worst († 1961)
• Anna Mok, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Arnheim, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany († 1944)
• Agnes Bons, Groesbeek, NL
• Adriana Boerdam, Vlaardingen
• Adolph Daniël Froeling, Avereest Hardenberg, Ambt († 1934)

• Adriaan Verhoeven (62), Boxtel, Nederland
• Adelheid Ludden (75), Herbrum, Aschendorf, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Anthonia de Jong (84), Utrecht
• Aaltje Jans Vink (69), Baflo
• Ardina Cornelissen (30), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Maria Steen van der (1), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Adrianus Michael Tijsmans (82), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Aaltje Jans' Vink (69), Baflo, Winsum, gr/nld
• Abraham Hochstetler (78), North Grove, Miami, Indiana, United States of America
• Anna Theresia Robbroeck (72), Putte (Antwerpen, Belgie)

• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

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 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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on December 28, 1876 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.