About the day » Saturday April 29, 1876Calender converter

• Albertus Johannes PRETORIUS
• Aagje Wentink, Strijen
• Anna Catharina van Gansewinkel, Rickelrath (Dl) († 1936)
• Andries Gerbens Koehoorn, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Foekens, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde († 1945)
• Abraham Landman, Kerkwerve
• Andreas PUTZ, Haaren (D) († 1903)
• Adriana Bax, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1877)
• Adriana van Stee, Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Hensen, Waalwijk

• Abram Haan (73), waddinxveen (zuid holland)
• Aalbert Blom (51), Hoevelaken
• Agatha Koster (1), Noordwijkerhout
• Anna Maria Vissers (46), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Bakker (22), Den Helder
• Rood (0), Hoogwoud
• Anna van den Brekel, Waalwijk
• Abraham de HAAN (76), Waddinxveen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Haan (76), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Piers Tilma (5), Niehove, gem. Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland

• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)

• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

• 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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

The temperature on April 29, 1876 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.