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• de Vries († 1876)
• Anthonius van der Lans († 1955)
• Alphonsus Maria Petrus van Doornewaard, Amsterdam
• Anna Popma, Leeuwarden († 1947)
• Anthonetta,Hendrika Boelen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1896)
• Adriaan Izaaks Lindenberg, Yerseke († 1902)
• Anna Tekla Többen, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1953)
• Mallee, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Tekla Tubben, Odoorn Valtherveen († 1953)
• Anthonia Jacoba Sies, Zierikzee Zeeland Nederland († 1947)

• Alice Jeanne Marie Léonie Ghyoot (0), Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen, België
• August Scheffer (43), Choszewen, Sensburg
• Aartjen Buijtenhuis, Brummen
• Aldegondis WANTEN, PIRINGEN, Limburg, Belgique
• Aafke Jacobs Gerritsma (52), Wijnaldum
• Berend Waterman (81), Visvliet
• Bartholomeus Johannes Fornara (62), Leiden
• Caroline MARÉCHAL (58), Dampremy, Henegouwen, België
• Anna Maria Barhon (54), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Graaf (1), Schiedam

• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on February 22, 1876 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.