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• Adriaan Willem Ockers, Spang-Capelle, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Arens, Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• Antje Delger, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Agatha Elisabeth Margaretha Schomaker, Sappemeer († 1943)
• Alida de Jong, Gouda († 1890)
• Antje Delger, Meerland, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Antje Bloksma, (GR) Heiligerlee
• Aalbert Vonhoff, Nijkerk, GLD, Nederland
• Antje Dekker, Zijpe, Callantsoog, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1946)
• Anna Maria Brans, Oberhausen (Du) († 1924)

• Antonius Adrianus Olijhoek (0), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Steenhoff (59)
• Ant(h)onina Slabbekoorn (34), Kapelle
• Annechien Sofia Maria Walrecht (0), Groningen
• Anna Aleida KRONENBERG (8), Emmen
• Adriana van Liempd, Veghel
• Antonius (An OLIJHOEK (OLIEHOEK) (0), Stompwijk, Provincie Zuid-Holland, PAY,-, PAY
• Adrianus Zentner (0), (UT) Oudewater
• Anna Martina van Beurden (52), Tilburg
• Anna Horseling (84), Putten

• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)
• 1874 » John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 1960)
• 1876 » Havergal Brian, English composer († 1972)
• 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)
• 1880 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1881 » Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist († 1975)
• 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

The temperature on January 29, 1875 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.