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• Aaltje Visser, Ried, gem. Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Scheepmaker, Culemborg († 1915)
• Aart van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1936)
• van Gompel, Casteren
• Alice Virginia Applegarth, Baltimore, Maryland, United States († 1875)
• Aart van der van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1936)
• Adam Meijer, Het Schut, gem. Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Kempe, Kats, Nederland († 1875)
• "Louise" Joséphine Marie Le Compasseur Créqui Montfort de Courtivron, Tazilly, Nièvre, France († 1960)
• Adriaantje Lamme, Loosdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)

• Aafje Gorter (21), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Adriana Cornelia Hendriks (31), Woensel (Eindhoven)
• Albertje Hindriks Tuil (87), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Bechtel Hiestand (75)
• Anna Maria Klerks (0), Drunen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje NIJHOF (53), Benneveld (Zweeloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aleida Iwerts (75), Arnhem, province of Gelderland
• Joanna Luijsterborg (73), Roosendaal
• Alberdina Jütte (0), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Koops (0), Zuidlaren

• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

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.
• 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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on February 22, 1875 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.