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• Adrianus Jan Hendrik van Ewijk, Maurik, Nederland († 1877)
• Aagtje van Dijken, Bedum († 1876)
• Albert de Broglie († 1922)
• Adrianus Jan Hendrik van Ewijk, Eck en Wiel (Maurik), Nederland († 1877)
• Stendalen, Harpefoss († 1959)
• ?? 1 Telleman, Charlois, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adrianus Beverlo, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1938)
• Albert de Broglie, Paris, 75056, France († 1922)
• Aaltje Schoonhoven, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1910)
• Adriana Apolonia den Hartog, Chasseneuil/Poi († 1930)

• Aaltje Vermaak (80), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Berkhout, Bovenkarspel
• Anna Margaretha Theresia Beekman (53), Windeweer (Hoogezand)
• Alida Vermaak (80), Utrecht
• 5 PELAGIE (PELAGIA) DE MAN
• Aleida Maria Stokkentree (1), Enschede
• Antje Riemersma (61), Dronrijp, Friesland, Nederland
• Amandus Vanmaele (63), Wingene
• Aaltje Zieltjens (31), Hilversum, Nederland
• Andreas Kraijkamp (70), Tegelen

• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
• 1877 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer († 1972)
• 1878 » Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal († 1946)
• 1878 » Paul Jouve, French painter († 1973)
• 1881 » Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer († 1947)
• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)
• 1883 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter († 1958)

• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)

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. Klaas

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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• 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.
• 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 March 16, 1876 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.