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• Akke~Jans Schots, Sondel († 1944)
• Aaltje Hendriks Smink, Koekange, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Alida Maria van der Velde, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1970)
• Aaltje Smink, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus van Dorst, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1958)
• Alida Agnes Heiligers, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adèle Van Der Sar, Soerakarta (IDN)
• Akke JORNA, Idaarderadeel(Friesland)
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Sar, Surakarta
• Adriana Rietveld, Langerak († 1956)

• Aaltje Loos (34), Amsterdam
• Adriana Theodora Moerlands (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Lamme (0), loosdrecht (noord holland)
• Alberta Maria Richel (0), Den Haag
• Antje Hazelhof (69), Kolham (gem. Slochteren)
• Anthonie Johannes Wilhelmus Jacobus van Ginkel (32), 's Gravenhage, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje ABRAHAMS (74), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Koelemij Koelemeij (80), Oude Niedorp
• Aafke Jans Idema (Iedema, Ydema) (78), Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Johannes Iedema (78)

• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)

• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• 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 29, 1876 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.