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• Alof Jan Schuurman, Gaanderen (Doetinchem-Ambt) († 1878)
• Albert J Tillstrom, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States († 1945)
• Ana Junckes, Alto Biguaçu, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Agatha Groot, Blokker,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Regnerus, Westernijkerk,Ferweradeel
• Adrianus Jansen, Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriana van Mil, Ammerzoden († 1896)
• Adriana Heijstek, Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Akke Wilhelmina Gietema, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1927)
• Alexander Nieuwenboer, Zutphen

• Adriaantje Kersseboom (0), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (59), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• anna elisabetha cuijpers (83), heythuysen
• Adriana Breugelmans (9), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Ketelaars (72), St. Oedenrode
• Adriana Willeboordse (57), Wissenkerke (Noord-Beveland, ZL) NL
• Adrianus Dobbelsteen (3), Heesch
• Amy Owen (67)
• Albertien Meenhorst (76), Ittersum, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonij Anton Antonius Johannesz Ketelaars (72), St.Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)

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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 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.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 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 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• 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 April 21, 1876 was about 15.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.