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• Anna Catharina Elizabeth Cecilia Veenstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Popkes de Bruin, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1914)
• Anna Maria Catharina Hubertina Josephina Janssen, Baarlo, Maasbree, Lim, Nederland († 1949)
• Anne de Bruin, Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1914)
• Anne Popkes de Bruin, Zwaagwesteinde († 1914)
• Agatha Hooggreef, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, NH, Nederland († 1957)
• Alida Johanna Loos, Zandvoort († 1924)
• Anna Johanna de Bondt, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Agatha Hooggreef, Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Popkes BRUIN, DE, Zwaagwesteinde († 1914)

• Albertus Droog (80), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbregt Droog (80), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gudden (73), Angerlo
• Aaltje Spijker (46), Stad Doetinchem
• Albert Hartkamp (21), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Abels (84), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan Antoine Umbgrove (0), Arnhem
• Aalbregt Albertus Droog (80), Schipluiden
• Aaltje Sakes Huberts (22), Kollumerzwaag
• Anna Agneta Temminck (0)

• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)

• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)

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.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on January 7, 1875 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.