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• Adriana de Jong, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van Goor, Bunschoten
• Aafje Houtkoper († 1940)
• Anna Adriana Binnendijk, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Aafje Houtkoper, Andijk († 1940)
• levenloos kind, Boxtel
• Afke Harmens Abma, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1893)
• Adriana Anthonia van Huizen IVa-7, Werkhoven
• Alberta Goedhart († 1956)
• Aagje Meijns, wormerveer († 1966)

• Anna Maria Cornelia Hartman (0), Middelburg
• Aagje Meurs (38)
• Marijn Verdult (70), Nieuw-Vossemeer
• Anna Maria Gaens (0), Wellen, België
• Annate de Vos, Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Arend Wijbes HIJLKEMA (58), Mensingeweer, Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Weegen (15), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Clasina Bekkers (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Verbeek (68), Cromvoirt, Gemeente Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Visser (10), Rozenburg

• 1865 » Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator († 1925)
• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)

• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)

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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• 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 October 15, 1875 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.