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• Aagje Vorst, Oterleek, Schermer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Anthonie Aart Noest, Vlissingen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1966)
• Adrianus van Velthoven, Loenhout († 1877)
• Antje Klaucke, Kloosterveen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Raaimakers, Best († 1933)
• Adriaan Alewijnse, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1917)
• Adrianus Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde, Nederland († 1939)
• - levenloos de Wilde van Orden, Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1876)
• Antje Gerrits ALMA, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1935)
• Adrianus Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde († 1939)

• Antje Meinderts Geertsma (22), Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Meulensteen (74), Delft
• Aukje Meinderts Geertsma (22)
• Aaltje Cornelia Molenaar (0), Bergambacht
• Annigje Willemsdr. Oudshoorn (78), Reeuwijk
• Adrianus van Muilekom (0), Engelen
• Bauke Baukes Triemstra (61)
• Charlotte Gertrude Elizabeth MITCHEL
• Alida Van Ee (25), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barend Adrianus Eichler (25), Amsterdam

• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)
• 1888 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq († 1965)
• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)

• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 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".
• June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on August 4, 1876 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.