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• Aleida Kuipers, Geesteren († 1946)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Burg, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Alphonsius Thijs, Zepperen, België († 1976)
• * Johannes Overtoom, Schagen († 1957)
• Abram Glas, Broek op L'dijk († 1896)
• Adriana Jansen, Oosterhout († 1927)
• Adrianus Johannes Burg, van der, Loosduinen († 1954)
• Alida Cornelia de Leng, Amsterdam († 1963)
• Alberdine Molenkamp, Stapelmoor, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen († 1882)
• adriana verschoor, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Alje Bonthuis Toxopeus (59), Heveskes (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Anna Elisabeth Reineke (87), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Holtrop (65), Makkinga, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van 't Hul (53), Kamperveen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Marijn Dulst (51), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aaltje van 't Hul (53), Kamperveen, Nederland
• Antje Zwart (Swart) (49), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Sakesz Bosma (83), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Jans Reincke (88), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Borgesius (57), Groningen

• 1859 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright († 1916)
• 1860 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician († 1961)
• 1862 » John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1933)
• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)

• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 March 2, 1876 was about 6.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.