About the day » Tuesday August 1, 1876Calender converter

• "Clément" Paul Marie van Outryve d'Ydewalle, Ruddervoorde, Oostkamp, Belgique († 1942)
• Aartje van 't Hul, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana van Rijn, Oud Ade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anthonij Hendrik Davelaar, Barwoutswaarder, Nederland
• Adelia Ariele, Milano, Lombardia, Italia († 1962)
• Abraham MEIJER, Onstwedde, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1947)
• Alfons Josephus "Frans?" De Wilde, Antwerpen († 1938)
• Abraham van Collem, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aaltje Huizenga, Nes, Westdongeradeel
• Annigje Stoel, Kampen, Nederland

• Adriana Rotteveel (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adrianus VEERMAN (0), piershil
• Albertus Baljé (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonio Xavier da Silva (33), Brasil
• Arij Buisert Schaap (0), Katwijk
• Adam Johan George de Vries (2), Hoorn
• bartha lassche (52), wanneperveen
• Agatha Roelfina Jansen (5), Groningen
• Azaba Corey (83)
• Albertje Lourensd Holstra (78), Echten, lemsterland.fr.nld

• 1860 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer († 1918)
• 1861 » Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer († 1951)
• 1865 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter († 1917)
• 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
• 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)

• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

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".
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• 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.

The temperature on August 1, 1876 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.