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• Leonardus Marinus Baert, Hulst († 1969)
• Adriana van den Hooren, Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida DE REE, Haskerland(Friesland) († 1912)
• Anna Catharina Loyens, Vlijtingen, Riemst, België († 1959)
• Aagje de Graaf, Westzaan, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Dirkje Peters, Benthuizen († 1936)
• Aloys Moors, Alken, België († 1969)
• Amelia Appolonia PATERNOTTE, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1963)
• Adriana Maria van Boxtel, Tilburg († 1936)
• Adrianus van de Ven, Schijndel, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• Aldegonda TULKENS (59), Neeritter,,Limburg,PAYS BAS
• Aaltien Hadders (44), (DR) Smilde-Hijkersmilde
• Arij Saaman (43), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Brent (65), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Loonen (0), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Martens (19), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Josepha Ritzen (1), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonius Lubrecht (65), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Lubrecht (66), Wateringen
• Anna Catharina Daneels (66), Beerse

• 1868 » Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader († 1953)
• 1869 » José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup († 1913)
• 1871 » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company († 1972)
• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)
• 1873 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright († 1907)
• 1873 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1970)
• 1876 » Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler († 1945)
• 1881 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey († 1942)
• 1884 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver († 1921)

• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)

• 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 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 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
• September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
• November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

The temperature on September 8, 1876 was about 13.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.