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• Anna Rosalia van DIJCK, Zoersel
• Aagje Nieuwenhout, Blankenham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1885)
• Alida Nell († 1963)
• Alexander Kaul, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland († 1877)
• Alice Maud Mary Death, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia († 1924)
• Aartje van den Esschert, Epe
• Alida Drost, Rhenen, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Gabina Borghuis, Emmen (Drenthe) († 1955)
• Adrianus Knook, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)
• Annabeth van den Bosch († 1963)

• Adriana Hendrina FRANKEN (0), Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• Antonius Hoenderdos (0), Jan Gijsenvaart
• Catharine Hiner (61)
• Antje Bijlsma (0), Menaldum
• Apollonia Maria Remmerswaal (28), Den Haag
• Arend Jansen (0), Velp (Rheden)
• Adrianus van Ooijen, Beugen en Rijkevoort
• Arend Henderikus Heuvink (0), Assen
• Schoemakers (0), Vastenow, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alijda Henrica Maria van der Maath (0), Amersfoort

• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)
• 1877 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and author († 1944)
• 1878 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author († 1957)
• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)
• 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)

• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

The temperature on August 10, 1876 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.