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• Ane Olsdatter Asphaug, Asphaugen, Kølmilrabben, Mo, Ranen, Nordland, Norge
• Andries Hendrik de Rooij, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Alida Vuurens van Es, Loosdrecht († 1943)
• Anna Gerarda van Veen, Leimuiden († 1875)
• Anna Gertrudis Gerards, Heythuysen
• Antje Wals, Hellum († 1955)
• Alida Petronella WEIJMAN, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anne Hindriks Kooi, zuidhorn
• Adrianus Aloysius Mertens, Turnhout (Belgie)
• Aaltje (Alice) Keegstra, Niehove, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)

• Adrianus Antonius OVERHOFF (0), Bergen op Zoom (NL/NB) 15d
• Adrianus Antonius Overhoff (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Terwindt (0), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Bakker den (56), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Dechesne (71), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna (Maria) (Joanna Maria) Janssen (41), Linne, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Christina Elisabeth Brouwer (0), Kampen, Nederland
• Christina Elizabeth Brouwer (1), Amsterdam Nhl. NL
• Anna DE WIT (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• van Spanje Jacobus Theodorus Nicolaus (47), Rotterdam

• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on August 29, 1875 was about 16.8 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.