About the day » Friday May 5, 1876Calender converter

• Ada Feller, Hancock Co.Ohio
• Adriana Vissenberg, Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Verhaegen, Schriek († 1876)
• Anna Josephina Hubertina Poell, Nederweert
• Adrianus Everardus - Arie Stoové, Zeist († 1939)
• Adriana Mulder, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Hagendoorn, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Paulina Maria Slootmans, Steenbergen
• Albert Gotthard Anderson, Malexander, Östergötland, Sweden († 1957)
• Aaltje van Gilst, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, NL († 1940)

• antonius putten van der (74), oss
• Adrianus van Putten (91), Middelharnis
• Buckmann (1), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina Jochoms (68), Groesbeek
• Antonius van der Putten (74), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Mulder (77), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Putten (91), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Wilhellmus Gleijm (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gilles van Duyse (66), Meerdonk
• Anton van der Putten (74), Oss

• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)

• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

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.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 5, 1876 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.