About the day » Friday July 2, 1875Calender converter

• Aafje van der Burg, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Albert Boxma, Bovensmilde (Smilde) († 1880)
• Adriana Jacoba Hoogenboom, Gouda († 1919)
• Adrianus Baars, Haastrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Albert Luth, Sellingen (gem Vlagtwedde) († 1960)
• Albarta Bosman, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1914)
• Kouwenberg († 1896)
• Adolphina Cornelia van Eijck, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alexander Augustijn Monod de Froideville, Pekalongan († 1950)
• Albertus Schaap, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1956)

• Anna Maria de Veth (70), Bakel (Gemert-Bakel) (Noord-Brabant)
• Adriaan Vijverberg (52)
• Arij Jobse (0), Tholen
• Arie de Vlieg (0), Noordeloos
• Kornelis van Trigt (80), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van den Berg (89), Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Borsboom (14), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernadus Schepers (1), Veldhunten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Archibald Wright (79), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Bode (10), Ammerstol

• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (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.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on July 2, 1875 was about 23.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.