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• Albertus Deckers, den Haag († 1919)
• Adriana van der Walle *, Frederiksoord († 1951)
• Anna van den Heuvel, Wateringen († 1876)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Dompeling, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1876)
• Kopmels, Waarde († 1876)
• Aagje Kleijwegt, Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna de Rooij, Bloemendaal, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Albert Steenbergen, Zwartsluis (Overijssel) († 1877)
• Amalie van Gelder, Emden (Duitsland) († 1955)
• Adriaantje den Herder, Charlois († 1876)

• Aaltjen Jansen (68), Noordink
• Adrianus Johannes Schmitt (56), Bergen op Zoom, Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Willem Doorduin (1), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegijn Middeljans (82), Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aagje De Tombe (70), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hofkens Theresia Carolina (0), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Margaretha Doedens (0), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus de Haan (51), Kockengen (Gem Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Aagje de Tombe (70), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Henrietta Knaven (17), Gendringen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland

• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1884 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player († 1934)
• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on March 17, 1876 was about 2.4 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.