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• Adriana Nelen, Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Janssens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)
• (Stillborn) GORIS, Houwerzijl (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1875)
• Anna Pauwlina Everdina Aarts, Everdingen († 1925)
• Aletha Beasley, Arkansas († 1963)
• Anna Maria Aleida Bergmann, Valthermond, Nederland († 1875)
• Adolf Knippenberg, Aplerbeck, Westfalen, Preussen, Germany
• Anna Lenger, Harlingen
• Addie Wilson († 1952)
• de Bruijn, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Alida Jacoba Terlaak (33), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Heijligers (81), St. Odilienberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Van der Veeke (12), Muiden
• Adrianus Gelens (Geleijs of Gelijns) (78), Klundert
• Amelia van Gunst (83), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Gelens (71), Klundert
• Anna Pierik (0), Goor, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Laros (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Liesten (40), Sauwerd, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Aloijsius van Dijk (1), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)

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.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

The temperature on April 21, 1875 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.