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• ADRIANUS TOUW, HAARLEMMERMEER († 1966)
• Albertus Saris, Olst (Olst-Wijhe) († 1958)
• Alfonsus Hubertus Van Soom, Pulle († 1953)
• Agatha Vlaming, Beverwijk
• Alida Catharina Westen, Odoorn, DRE, Nederland († 1903)
• Adrianus Johannes Huijsmans, Roosendaal, Nederland († 1947)
• Alexander Matthew Knee, Pool's Island, Newfoundland
• Abraham Beijer, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1940)
• Alida Anna van der Veen, Harlingen († 1970)
• Aloys Benedikt Xavier Raemdonck, Temse

• Bernard Theodorus Wilhelm Marie Schackmann (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia SNYMAN (77)
• Akke Fokkes Minnesma, Haskerhorne
• Berend Barneveld van Meekeren (62), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• boerenknecht Gerardus Vermeulen (71), Bemmel 71 jaar
• Catherine Ann Yost (66), Morgan, West Virginia, United States
• Cornelia Hendrika Verweij (22), Vianen
• Adrianus Andries Brummelkamp (33), Atjeh
• Charlotta Volbel (68)
• Albert Brummelkamp (27), Atjeh,Indonesia

• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)
• 1884 » Maxwell Perkins, American editor († 1947)
• 1885 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta († 1950)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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.
• January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
• April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 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.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.

The temperature on September 20, 1876 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.