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• * Cornelia de Graaf, Langerak († 1942)
• Aleid Nicolaas Adrianus Kemp (Kimp), Culemborg († 1917)
• ANNECHIEN WOLTERS, GRONINGEN († 1944)
• Annechien Wolters, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kampf, Amsterdam († 1934)
• Anna Maria Schutte, Burgerlijke Stand, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hubertina Schlechtriem, Kerkrade († 1942)
• Aart Jacobsz Vos, Huizen († 1960)
• Anna Jacoba Waldenmaier, Den Helder († 1896)
• Aaltje Dienaar, Den Helder († 1876)

• Bokke Nijdam (77), Kubaard, Hennaarderadeel (Frl)
• Célestine Marie Joseph Debunne (71), Komen, België
• Catharina Noordermeer (8), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus ( Van De Casteele ) Vandecasteele (74), Sint-Andries
• Célestin Désiré NONNET (0), Néons-sur-Creuse, 36220, France
• Bokke de Boer (0), Veenwouden
• Anthonius Christiaan de Meij (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida de Kok (70), Waarde
• Adriaan KEUR (0), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dienaar (0), Den Helder

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

• 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 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".
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• 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 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The temperature on July 20, 1876 was about 19.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.