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• Age Sakes van der Herberg, Niawier
• Adriana de Ruiter, Benschop,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1875)
• Aaltjen Veneman, Almelo († 1875)
• Marten Koksma, Rottum
• Age Sakes van der Herberg, Niawier, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna COHEN, Dordrecht
• Adriana Wilhelmina Uijterlinde, IJsselmonde (Zuid-Holland) († 1935)
• Adrianus Henricus van Rijswijk, Loon op Zand († 1875)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Dijk, Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van Rinsbergen, Kerkwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)

• Antony van Eeperen (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Johanna Jansen (0), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Oomen (87), Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland
• Annetje de Leeuw (53), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allen M Harvey (15), Indian, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Abraham Hoogvliet (0), Goudswaard
• Arie Gijsen (28), Kota Radja, Atjeh, Indonesië
• Aaltje Meppelink (45), Aan het Kanaal, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafje Bakker (55), Schoorl, nh.nld
• Alexander Antoon van der Vrecken (70), Maastricht

• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)
• 1888 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq († 1965)
• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)

• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

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. Gerardus
16. Leendert

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 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• 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.

The temperature on August 4, 1875 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.