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• Alice School, Hollandtown, WI († 1959)
• Andries Gerrit Koldewijn, Dordrecht († 1924)
• Adriana Cornelia Helsloot, Geertruidenberg
• Alegonda H. "Ellen" School, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin († 1936)
• Adriana Elizabeth van der Leede, Ameide, Netherlands († 1924)
• Alle Hendriks Veltman, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1910)
• Adriana Maria Jacoba de Bodt, Roosendaal († 1880)
• Aize Klazes Van Houten, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1912)
• Albertus Molenaar, Dordrecht († 1934)
• Abel Jans Oostra, Gerkesklooster († 1929)

• Abraham van Maurik (67), Renkum
• Anne Manigault Middleton (55), Charleston, South Carolina
• Aafke Matroos (50), Zoutkamp, gem. Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• adriana BLAAK (74), mijnsheerenland
• Aaltje van 't Veld (20), Nijkerk
• Adriana Minette Casparine van Voorst tot Voorst (0), Suikerfabriek Bagoe, Alassoemoer, Java
• Abraham Johan Klugkist (16), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• ? ? (4), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Agatha Pijpers (40), Leiden
• Alida Elisabeth Brouwer (26), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• 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.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• 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 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%.