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• Aaltje Roelofs Wildeboer, Nijeveen († 1956)
• Arie van Kralingen, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)
• Adriaan Marinus Karelse, Goes
• Alida Morin, Maassluis, Nederland († 1876)
• Albert Meijering, Westdorp (Borger) († 1950)
• Akke Brandsma, Haskerland(Joure)
• Aaltje Nijboer, Dalerveen († 1940)
• Aletta Helena Geertruida van Duijn, Delft
• Aaltje Nijboer, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Dalerveen († 1940)
• Arie van KRALINGEN, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• antonia Heeren (63), Etten-leur
• Agnes WILLEMS (8), Malden
• Anna Maria Schoups (40), Bilzen Kloosterstaat
• Alexander Patton (71), Gibson County, Tennessee, United States of America
• Anna Cornelia van Gestel (88), Baarle-Hertog (België)
• Abraham LANGEREIS (1), Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Dam (63), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Bulk (75), Vlaardingen
• (n.n.) van der Nagel (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Spanjaard (0), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)
• 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1876 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany († 1931)
• 1878 » Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower († 1977)
• 1882 » Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist († 1968)
• 1883 » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil († 1974)
• 1883 » Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building († 1969)

• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

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 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• 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 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.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

The temperature on May 18, 1875 was about 23.4 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.