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• Andries DIJKSTRA, Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Maria Kramer, Batavia (Ned. Indië) († 1956)
• Adolphe Leon René CASTELEYN, Brugge († 1898)
• Anje van Heukelem, Leens († 1892)
• Aaltje Langendoen, Rockanje, 3235, Nederland († 1876)
• Antje Sybrens Stelpstra, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana de Ron, Steenbergen († 1877)
• adriana johanna VERHEUL, alblasserdam
• abraham BESTEMAN, maasdam († 1953)
• Antje Slager, Ferwerd († 1947)

• Angenieta ALTA (0), Harlingen
• Arnold Eustache Jans (55), Kortessem, Lim, Nederland
• Antje Jans van Assen (45), Driesum, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Timmer (49), Ellersinghuizen gem. Vlagtwedde
• Alida Stam (48), Nw-Lekkerland
• Anna de de Blaauw (63), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Auke Arkema (41), Hornhuizen gem. Kloosterburen
• Anna Johanna Van Krimpen (2), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hartmans (15), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Rommerts Boomsma (0), Nijemirdum

• 1868 » Sumner Paine, American target shooter († 1904)
• 1869 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer († 1944)
• 1877 » Robert Hamilton, Scottish international footballer († 1948)
• 1881 » Joe Forshaw, American runner († 1964)
• 1881 » Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author († 1922)
• 1882 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1883 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear († 1962)
• 1884 » Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1885 » Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop († 1984)
• 1887 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist († 1951)

• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)

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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• 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 May 13, 1876 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.