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• Adrianus van HEUSDEN, Zuilichem (Gld.)
• Blonden, Leut (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B) († 1876)
• Albertus Hensen, Waalwijk
• Ada Virginia Lay, Waynesboro, Wayne, Tennessee, United States († 1957)
• Abram Kiewiet, Winschoten († 1935)
• Adrianus van de Wiel, Moergestel († 1954)
• Adriaan Leenman, Sliedrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje Hollander, Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Abram Kiewiet, Winschoten († 1935)
• Adrianus Elst, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)

• Alida Catharina Bout (0), Charlois, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje LANGERAK (51), Numansdorp
• Blonden (0), Leut (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B)
• Anna Jacoba van Kasteel (77), Groningen, Nederland
• Alexandre Antonio Vilela (74), Serranos, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Alexander Forshay Morrison (72), Jefferson Twnshp, Lee, Iowa, United States
• Abraham Stols (75), Sint Philipsland
• Alida Catharina Bout (0), Charlois (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Nugteren (73), Hillegersberg
• Adriana Johanna Janssen (0), Altforst

• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
• 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
• 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• 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.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

The temperature on March 31, 1876 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.