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• Aaltje van Schoonhoven, Ede († 1948)
• Adriana van Toorn, Echteld († 1931)
• Alta M. Terry, Montgomery County, Kentucky
• Aaltje van Wering, Groningen
• Aart van Triest, Terwolde gem. Voorst († 1955)
• Albert Romkes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bults, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Oranjedorp) († 1941)
• (Orson) William Lance, Midway, Wasatch County, Utah, United States of America († 1902)
• Albert Ratering, Adorf, Veldhausen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Anna Lamboo, Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1876)

• Anna Katharina Staudt (67)
• Anna Catrina Folkeringa (72), Groningen Gr. Nederland
• Schoonderbeek (0), Arnhem
• Aaltien Raterink (75), Zweeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Amelberga Delphina van Wauwe (0), Temse
• Albert Jansen (33), Den Helder
• Anna Pappot (28), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria de VRIES (65), Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Jacobs Wijnstra (62), Schoterland
• Agnes van der Linden (39), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
• 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)

• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)

• 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.
• 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 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• 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.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on May 20, 1876 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 35%.