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• Henstra, Kollumerland († 1875)
• Adriana Petronella Vogelzang
• "Antoinette" Esther Pauline de Chauvenet, Paris († 1947)
• Adriaan ten Haaf, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 1875)
• Alida van Heijningen, Wateringen († 1962)
• Anna Maria van Krimpen, hellevoetsluis († 1875)
• Aleida Hermina van der Maaten, Wijhe († 1924)
• Akke Jelles Hof, Gaastmeer, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Abma, Kampen († 1880)
• Adriaunus Dirkzwager, Barwoutswaarder,Woerden,Utrecht,Nederland († 1875)

• ANTJE DE ZOETE (14), WATERINGEN
• Alijda Keller (70), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Zijl (0), Bunnik
• Aaltje van WESTRENEN (85), Tiel,Gemeente Tiel,GELDERLAND,NETHERLANDS
• Alijda Keller (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Lancee (0), Utrecht
• Agatha Elizabet Honig (0), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Ramon, Keiem
• Aaltje Dekker (42), Hasselt
• Andries (Andries Jans) Weitenburg (56), Dronrijp (Menaldumadeel-Fr)

• 1869 » Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1958)
• 1873 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner († 1940)
• 1874 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer († 1963)
• 1876 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator († 1948)
• 1876 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government († 1950)
• 1876 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist († 1916)
• 1877 » Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago († 1934)
• 1878 » Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright († 1952)
• 1879 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn († 1942)
• 1879 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer († 1968)

• 1833 » Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
• 1834 » William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

• 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 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• 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.

The temperature on January 12, 1875 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.