About the day » Thursday January 28, 1875Calender converter

• anna gerdina johanna kooiman, schoonhoven († 1875)
• Andries Fris, Assendelft NH NL († 1956)
• Adrianus Sprangers, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Alida Cornelia Verel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1884)
• ? ? († 1969)
• Abraham Simon van den Broeke, Waterlandkerkje, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Kwast, Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Plugge, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aleida Maria Stokkentree, Enschede († 1876)
• Angelica Cornelia Brackenier, Merelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1898)

• Arendina van Ommen (1), Heerde, Nederland
• Antonia Waaijers (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amy Brandon (0)
• Heijerman (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aleijdis Milder (79), Millingen
• Aleidis Milder (79), Milingen aan de Rijn
• Aletta Maria Filippo (0), Leiden
• Anna Katharina Gaß, Ellers, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Droog (74), Kethel en Spaland
• Aleida Milder (80), Millingen (NLD)

• 1865 » Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland († 1952)
• 1865 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician († 1928)
• 1873 » Colette, French novelist and journalist († 1954)
• 1873 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer († 1940)
• 1874 » Alex Smith, Scottish golfer († 1930)
• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)

• 1832 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)

• 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.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• 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)
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• 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 28, 1875 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.