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• Albert Gils, Holthe Beilen, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Juursema, Kommerzijl (Grijpskerk) († 1960)
• ?? Amiabel, Leeuwarden
• Albertus Zomer, Alteveer (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1943)
• Adriana van de Pol, Udenhout († 1875)
• (Stillborn) PLANTINGA, Leeuwarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1875)
• Adrienne Marianne van Hall, .Pekalongan, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia († 1937)
• (m) Spies, Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aart Visscher, Genemuiden († 1955)
• Alexander Constantinus Kouwenberg, Leiden († 1879)

• Arnoldus Hubertus van Helden (1), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alida Eggink (11), Leiden
• Aaltje Fidom (29), Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Adriana Vera (25), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Broens (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Janssen (46), Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelheid Adler (2), Heubach, Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Amata Joanna Rosalia Fioole (0), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antonius Simon de Maat (0), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arend Klazes MUURLING (0), Oosterzee

• 1858 » Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author († 1942)
• 1859 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor († 1941)
• 1869 » Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer († 1944)
• 1878 » Dorothy Scarborough, American author († 1935)
• 1885 » Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter († 1945)
• 1885 » Seison Maeda, Japanese painter († 1977)
• 1886 » Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist († 1967)
• 1889 » Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist and academic († 1959)
• 1891 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1893 » Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China († 1981)

• 1851 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
• 1860 » János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)

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.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• 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 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on January 27, 1875 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.