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• Angelina Peys, Vorst, België
• "Olivier" Louis Charles Esprit Marie de La Bourdonnaye-Blossac, Amiens, Somme, France († 1950)
• Anna Gieling (ook Gielis), Medenblik († 1938)
• Adriana Elizabeth van den Engel, spijkenisse (zuid holland)
• Zwerver, Weststellingwerf
• Rietveld, ginneken en bavel (noord brabant)
• Anna Maria Terhaardt, Eiberg (Steele), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Bos, Woudenberg Utr
• Anna KLOSTERS, ottersum († 1936)
• Anna Elisabeth Stans, Mol († 1880)

• Albert Jans Bremer (70), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arie de KONING (51), Dubbeldam
• Antonius van den Heuvel (0), Tull en 't Waal
• Catharina Stevense (1), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ardina Schraven (0), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Arabella Callaway Burks (25), Smith County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alexandre Joseph Girard (0), Clauzel (99), Algérie
• (Stillborn) PIETERMAN (0), Uithuizermeeden Groningen Netherlands
• Antonia Machtilda de Ridder (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Lucas Zielschot (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)

• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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 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)
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• 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 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.

The temperature on August 6, 1875 was about 25.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.