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• Aaltje Scholtmeijer, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Heijboer, Nieuw-Vosmeer († 1876)
• Alice Maud Black, Rushworth, Victoria, Australia († 1956)
• Adophe Vererfven, Anzegem († 1927)
• Aize Klazes Van Houten, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1912)
• Alfons Pierlet, Wilsele
• Alice School, Hollandtown, WI († 1959)
• Albertus Webbink, Geesteren († 1950)
• Alberdina van den Berg, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Dongen, Antwerpen, België († 1947)

• adriana BLAAK (74), mijnsheerenland
• Aaltje van 't Veld (20), Nijkerk
• Adriana Minette Casparine van Voorst tot Voorst (0), Suikerfabriek Bagoe, Alassoemoer, Java
• ? ? (4), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Andries Jans van Raalte (55), Zwartsluis
• Anthonie van de Kreeke (13), Wolphaartsdijk, Nederland
• Anne Manigault Middleton (55), Charleston, South Carolina
• "Fijtje" Hytje Feijtje Abraham Hytje (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Blaak (74), mijnsheerenland (zuid holland)
• ?? van der Stap (0), Delft

• 1860 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physician, physiologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1861 » Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic († 1918)
• 1863 » Archduke Eugen of Austria († 1954)
• 1864 » Princess Stéphanie of Belgium († 1945)
• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)

• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

• 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 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on May 21, 1876 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.