About the day » Wednesday January 20, 1875Calender converter

• Berghuis, Raalte († 1875)
• Anna Elisabeth Broers, Nijmegen
• ADRIANA VAN DER LUGT, MAASLAND
• Adrianus Nicolaas Konings, Waalre
• Adriana Christina Coolen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Anna Cornelia Rommers, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1920)
• Anna Elisabeth BOS, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Keijzers, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Katharina FRANKEN, Teveren (D) († 1918)
• Anna Maria Spithoven, Werkhoven († 1922)

• Antonia Dalm (57), Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antonius van den Heuvel, Sint Michielsgestel
• Amelia Mary SIZER (0), Longford, Tasmania, Australia
• Antonius van den Heuvel (43), St. Michielsgestel
• Markusse (0), Kats
• Albert Dilling (63), Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands(Drouwen)
• Adrianus Peeters (3), Kalmthout, België
• Anna Catharina Van Doninck (85), Geel
• Anthonius Melein (0), Sint Nicolaasga
• Annigje van de GIESSEN (63), Rotterdam

• 1870 » Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer († 1894)
• 1873 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)

• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)

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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• 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.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on January 20, 1875 was about 9.5 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.