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• Antonie van der Lee, Vlijmen († 1923)
• Amedeus Aerts, Temse
• Agnes Emma Robinson, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States († 1950)
• Aaltje Middelveld, Slagharen (gem. Hardenberg) († 1910)
• Alida Debora Regina Brunstrup, Lutten († 1880)
• Alwine LINDNER, Altenwald (D) († 1952)
• Adriana Dollee, Rotterdam († 1877)
• Antoine Franciscus Gijsbertus Heldoorn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Huigen van der Plas, Katwijk († 1947)
• Ankje Woudsma, Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1877)

• Albert Joling (0), Wildervank
• Albert [Jans] de BOER (19), Nijehaske (Haskerland) Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius van Beek (71), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christiaan Philip Duits (74), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Angele Clotilde Haquette (28), Halluin, 59 (F)
• Amelia Theunynck (71), Woumen
• Antonius van Beek (71), Hoogland
• Adriana van Eck (72), Driebergen
• Verweij (0), Tricht (Buurmalsen) (GL)
• Absalom Stauffer SHANTZ (42)

• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

The temperature on August 15, 1876 was about 29.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.