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• Adrianus Koppenol, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Alfons Cools, Puurs, Antwerpen, België
• Alfons Debruyne, Klerken († 1876)
• Albert Gerrits Alberda, Wymbritseradeel
• Alice May Johnson
• Age Jansz Bouma, Doniagawerstal, fr.nld († 1953)
• Alberdina Bos, Baflo, Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albertje Broekman, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus Jacobsz Koppenol, Naaldwijk († 1898)
• Age Jans Bouma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)

• Anselmus Kuipers (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Georg August" Ernst Adolf Karl Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (52), Neustrelitz, Allemagne
• Aaltje Willemstijn (Willemstein) (82), De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anthonij Anthonijsz van Ooij (76), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Roodnat (82)
• Adriana Margaretha Aniba (53), Leiden
• Adriaan Arijsz ROODNAT (83), Alblasserdam
• Adriaan Roodnat, Alblasserdam
• Annechien Giezen (56), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Annechien Giesen (55), Leek

• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)
• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)
• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

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.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
• September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on June 8, 1876 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.