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• Adriana Stoop, Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1940)
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• Veldkamp, Oostellingwerf († 1876)
• Abraham Warre, 's Gravenmoer († 1950)
• , Akkerwoude Dantumadeel Friesland NL († 1948)
• Albert Oliver Hendy, Binnum South Australia († 1964)
• Afra Boekweit, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albertrus Johannes Ouwerling, Schiebroek, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Agatha BAKKER, Sijbekarspel, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Aaltje Egas, Holwerd, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)

• Angela Victoria Ampe (69), Woumen
• Adriana Carolina Berteaux (84), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Lamme (0), wilnis (utrecht)
• Adrianus Borsboom (46)
• Angus George SUTHERLAND (21), 's-Gravendeel
• Caspar (Jaspar) Claassen (72), Stein, Nederland
• Amelie Constance Liefooghe (66), Westvleteren (B)
• * Jacob (1) Baars (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Antonij Hobbelen, Duizel en Steensel
• Pirovano (0), Beverwijk

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)

• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

• 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 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 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• 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 23, 1876 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.