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• Adrianus Zaal, Wilnis {UT} († 1878)
• Anna Maria Broekhoff, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1954)
• Anna Mechtildis Verstappen, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1953)
• Aleida Kruitbosch, Beekbergen († 1879)
• Alfred Richard Alphonse Adolphe Berthier, Rouen,76000,Seine-Maritime,Haute-Normandie,France
• Adrienne Gertrude DYSERINCK, Batavia, Nederlands Indië, Indonesië († 1942)
• Adrianus Leonardus Coppens, Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Kannegieter, Germany († 1950)
• Anna Meijssen, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Westerik, Oldeneel, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1951)

• Aaltje Roelofs Wagter (59), Wolvega
• Antje van Riet (21), Roterdam
• Aagtje Deiter (0), Zuidbroek (Groningen)
• Age Visscher (0), Genemuiden
• Barbara Boelhouwer (89), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• abraham bree(d)tveld(t) (2), nieuw-lekkerland, molenlanden, zuid holland, nederland
• Abraham Breedveld (2), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• "Auguste" Marie Marc de Quengo (72), Morlaix, Finistère, France
• Aaltje Roelofs Wagter (59), Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Johannes Freeman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

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.
• 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 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
• 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.
• 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 16, 1876 was about 28.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.