About the day » Sunday August 6, 1876Calender converter

• Aaltje Brasser
• Anna Louise Schmidt, Querfurt, Landkreis Saalekreis, Saksen-Anhalt, Duitsland († 1975)
• Alberta Maria Sträter, Utrecht († 1965)
• Alida Stevens, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adolphe George Henri VAN POLANEN PETEL, Sukabumi († 1944)
• Adrianus Christoffel Treffers, Waalwijk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Mesch, Waspik († 1926)
• Agnieta Clara Hendrica Lorrewa, Delft († 1974)
• Langmo, Balsfjord, Troms©i, Troms, Norway
• Albert Johan Meyer, Buenos Aires,,Buenos Aires F.d.,Argentina

• Augustinus Pierius Lycklama à Nijeholt (62), Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands
• Amos Chesebrough (86), Stonington, New London County, CT in his 86th year of age
• Anna van den Heuvel (0), Wateringen
• Bartje Geerts JANSMA (84), De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Keren (71), Roermond
• Augustinus LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT (62), Franeker (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Augustinus de Roij (78), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie Rietveld (53), Vlist ZH NL
• Antje Aants Visser (41), Langweer
• Catharina Keeren (Keren) (71), Roermond

• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)

• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

• 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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
• 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.
• December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

The temperature on August 6, 1876 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.