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• Anna Maria Arens, Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1875)
• Antje Delger, Meerland, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriaantje (Ariaantje) van Vliet, Harmelen († 1948)
• Adrianus van GEEL, Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl) († 1875)
• Anna Cornelia Reekers, Haarlemmerliede &, Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Alida de Jong, Gouda († 1890)
• Griep, Schore
• Anna Maria Brans, Oberhausen aan de Ruhr (Dld) († 1924)
• Aagje Kaaijk, Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aafje van Doorn, (UT) Zegveld († 1955)

• Anton Wilhelm Bärmann (0), Kalbach, Hessen, Deutschland
• Antje Pieters de Cock (30)
• Anthonia van der Worp, IJsselstein
• Anthonina Slabbekoorn (34), Kapelle
• Alle Annes Molenaar (9), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Geerts Nieuwhof (62), Oldekerk, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albertus Everink (82), Geesteren
• Adriaan van Markesteijn (0), Utrecht
• Anna Martina van Beurden (52), Tilburg
• Anna Aleida KRONENBERG (8), Emmen

• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)
• 1874 » John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 1960)
• 1876 » Havergal Brian, English composer († 1972)
• 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)
• 1880 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1881 » Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist († 1975)
• 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

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.
• 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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• 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 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 29, 1875 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.