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• Achilles Camille CASTELEIN, Houtem
• Akke Hoogendijk, Franeker († 1953)
• Adrianus Antonius van Berkel, Tilburg († 1942)
• Albert Pieter de Smeth, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Aleida Maria Huigens, Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana Sparreboom, IJsselmonde
• Albert Newton Collier, Granville, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Andries de Lange, Aagtekerke († 1932)
• Alida Elisabeth Willems, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1879)
• Adrianus Johannes Vermeulen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna de Korte (4), Oude-Tonge, Nederland
• Antonius Brugmans (0), Veghel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Wit (0), Koudekerk aan de Rijn
• Anna Catharina Geerts (64), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Philippina DANNENFELSER (60), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina WESTHOFF (38), Enschede (Overijssel, Nederland)
• Antonie Jansz NIEUWSCHEPEN (78), Heinenoord
• Anthonie Nieuwschepen (78), Heinenoord
• Antje Harmens Rijpstra (74), Ternaard
• Antje Harmens (Antie) Rijpstra (74), Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)
• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (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. 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 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.
• April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• 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.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on December 9, 1876 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.