About the day » Saturday September 2, 1876Calender converter

• Alexandrina van Hal, Waspik († 1958)
• Alfred VANDERSTICHELE, Nogent-sur-Oise, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France († 1878)
• Adriana van Helden, hendrik-ido-ambacht (zuid holland)
• karel holst, amsterdam
• Adriaantje van Witteloostuijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriaantje van Witteloostuijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Alfred John Rand, Newport Essex U.K
• Adrianus Jacobus Taffijn, Leiden († 1876)
• Amanda Krupp HACKMAN († 1876)
• Adriana van Helden, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht

• Lips (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Vos (63), Hoogeveen
• Johannes Lieuwes de Vries (56), Groningen
• Antje Yntes Faber (65), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha HAAGEN (0)
• Alida Maria van Ernst (0), Wageningen
• Alida Harms Vos (63), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Theodora van Geijtenbeek (0), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Auguste Modeste Matheij (34), Batavia
• Aaltjen Kwappert (Kwappers) (73), Barchem (Lochem)

• 1862 » Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1865 » Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)

• 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)

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.
• March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 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 September 2, 1876 was about 16.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.