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• aaltje pietertje van RIETSCHOTEN, numansdorp († 1972)
• Abram van Rijn, Overschie, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Westplate, Middelharnis († 1976)
• Aaltje Bel, Diever († 1928)
• Anna Maria Verwielen, Stramproy (NL) († 1950)
• Anna Maria Dirkx, Etten-Leur
• Aaltje Bergsma, Gem. Ooststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Dirks, Etten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Albert JUISTENGA, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Peek, Hagestein († 1963)

• Arnoldus VERBAKEL (82), Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jonk (0)
• Arie Huyser (58), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Everts Vos (5), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Joannes Van Loo (1), Berchem, 2600, Antwerpen, B
• Antonia van Lierop (86), Someren, Nederland
• Aaltje Vos (5), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Arnoldus Jacobus Wolvekamp (1), Soerabaja
• van Buren (13)
• Antje KNIJN (46), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
• 1859 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico († 1920)
• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)
• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

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.
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

The temperature on December 29, 1876 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.