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• Aafje Nielen, Krommenie, Nederland († 1953)
• Aletta Antonetta Branderhorst, Genderen, Nederland
• Alida de Louwer, Amersfoort
• Adriana Raats, Wouw
• van Wijnen, Willige Langerak, Gemeente Lopik, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1875)
• Abraham Izaaks, Leeuwarden
• Ana Manuela Palma Miranda, Soledad,Atlántico,Colombia
• Aaltje Gorter, Donkerbroek, Friesland, Nederland
• Abram Izaaks, Leeuwarden
• Achille Eduoard MESPELAERE (Mispelaere), Tourcoing (FRA) († 1952)

• Anna Catharina Verstegen (74)
• Aaltje Spruijt (44), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Koster (55), Amersfoort
• Adrianus Laros (0), Loon op Zand
• Anna Johannesdr. Hettema (1), Tzummarum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelie Devaere (69), Meulebeke
• Albertus Braakman (0), Diffelen
• Adriana Lamberta VAN DER SOMMEN (0), Gestel en Blaarthem, NB, NETHERLANDS
• Albertus Klösters (1), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertine WIOLAND (2), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
• 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
• 1872 » Princess Margaret of Prussia († 1954)
• 1873 » Ellen Glasgow, American author († 1945)
• 1876 » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman († 1920)
• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1884 » Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic († 1939)
• 1886 » Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat († 1958)
• 1889 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer († 1945)

• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Leendert
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

The temperature on April 22, 1875 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.