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• Adrianus van Tiggelen, Wouw († 1875)
• Aaltje Goor, Lunteren († 1937)
• Albertus Adrianus Jozef de Both-, Leeuwarden, Nederland († 1875)
• Albertus Hendriks, Apeldoorn († 1945)
• Anna LUIKENS, Niekerk (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands († 1923)
• Aaltje Goor, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriaan van Lier, Oss
• Alida Alphenaar, Zoeterwoude ZH/NLD († 1948)
• Albert Leonhard Perrenet, Den Haag († 1945)
• Adrianus Godefridus Burggraaf, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)

• Anna (Johanna) Maria Fransen (Frans(s)en(s)) (0), Graauw en Langendam
• Akke Feikes Rolsma (52), Wonseradeel
• Aaltje van den Born (40), Huizen, NH, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks van den Born (40), Huizen
• Adriaan van Loon (0), Asten
• Akke Feikes Rolsma (52), Exmorra, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Schepers (46), Lutten
• ABEL BEISHUIZEN (0), Vriescheloo gem. Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus de BRUIJN (1), Dubbeldam
• Albert Lubbers (0), Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan

• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)
• 1888 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot († 1918)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on May 9, 1875 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.