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• Aaltje Strijker, Avereest (Overijssel) († 1941)
• Aaltje Steunenberg, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje van der Meijden, Delft († 1876)
• Aaltje Steunenberg, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Antonetta van Loon, rotterdam
• Adolf KOOIJ, Piershil († 1899)
• Andries Verhage, Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, NL († 1877)
• Albert Dunning, Tweeloo (Ruinen) († 1953)
• Aalderikus Franciscus Nap, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1965)
• Aloijsius Johannis de Leeuw, Deil, Geldermalsen († 1876)

• Anna Catharina Wellens (70), Molenstede, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• (levenloze) van der Tuin (0), Rottum, Schoterland,, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Petronella Nicola Muller (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Alphonsius CASTELEYN (0), Roeselare
• Adriaan van Loon (59), Alphen en Riel
• Selvesina Francisca, Meester Cornelis, Djakarta, Ned.Indië
• Antonius van Amstel (9), Lithoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van der Tuin (0), Schoterland
• Arigje Ankers de Wit (65), Snelrewaard,, Utrecht, Nederland
• (Stillborn) DE BOER (0), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands

• 1856 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist († 1927)
• 1860 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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. Klaas

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.
• 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.
• August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• 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.

The temperature on August 30, 1876 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.