About the day » Saturday January 16, 1875Calender converter

• Alderd GERRETSEN, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1923)
• Adriana Johanna Pols, Raamsdonk
• Albertus Cornelis Amelse, Buiksloot,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Alfons Loveniers, Temse († 1957)
• Albertje Lanting, Westerbork
• Aaltje Sikkema, Sebaldeburen, Grootegast († 1932)
• Aleida Geertruida Driever, Pol., Gelderland, Nederland († 1952)
• Albertina Celia VERDONK, Nederhorst den Berg († 1951)
• Aaltiena Luciena Hovenkamp, Koepang († 1957)
• Aaltje Dina Schreiber, Amsterdam († 1951)

• van Voorst, Haarlemmermeer
• Annigje Klaassen (0), Hoogeveen
• Alberta Gebel (2), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie van den Anker (66), Brakel
• Aaltje Hoving (0), Stegeren
• Abraham Jacob SEQUEIRA (61), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerrits de Haan (69), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigje Klaassen (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abelone Nielsdatter (85), Dejbjerg Sogn,DK
• Onderstal (0), Kralingen

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)

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 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• 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.
• 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 16, 1875 was about 7.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.