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• Adriana van der Heijden, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1877)
• ?? Blonk, Alkemade († 1876)
• Angelina Maria Ludovica Scheerders, Kieldrecht
• Aleida Hinnen, Ambt Almelo, in de Kluppelshuizen († 1957)
• (Stillborn) SPOELSTRA, Drachten (Smallingerland) Friesland Netherlands († 1876)
• Albert Mennes Homan, Noordhorn, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Adelbert BREAUX, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• Alvaro Ribeiro, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1929)
• Agatha van IJs, Leeuwarden († 1920)
• Agatha van IJs, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1920)

• Alida Putman (77), Johnstown (Fulton County) (New York)
• Aaltje Hoogeveen (0), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Fran√ßois) Joseph MISSLIN (62), Werentzhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Adrianus Albertus Cheizoo (0), den haag
• Age Rommerts Radema (83), Wijnaldum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Geerts De Goede (71), Wanneperveen
• Jeltje Egberts Zijlstra (36)
• Aaltje Hoogeveen (0), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Zwets (71), Haarlem-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Anna Catharina Bruynseels (82), Herenthout, België

• 1862 » Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet († 1922)
• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

• 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 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 17, 1876 was about 8.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.