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• Aafke (Effie) Hoekstra, Nuis (Marum-Gr) († 1940)
• Adrianus Booij, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana Maria Kester van, Monster, ZH, Nederland († 1954)
• Afke Harmens Abma, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1893)
• Albert Willem Mulder, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Adriana Maria (Jaan) Van Kester, Monster (Z-H), Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Catharina Maria Huberts, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• "Santiago" María Galo Juan José Benito Caritino Tomás Gregorio de Liniers, Madrid († 1927)
• Alidor Polidor Vervaecke, Kortemark († 1876)
• Adriana Maria van Kester, Monster, Nederland († 1954)

• Anna Maria Bogmans (60), Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Mast (62), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Huberta Savelbergs (36), Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Klasina Steelink (4), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Willemse (4), Rucphen (NL)
• Albert Blok (28)
• Catharina van Wittenhorst (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Brezetta Adriana de Visser (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Platenburg (2), Wamel
• Anna Maria Hubertina SAVELSBERG (36), Stratum, 5600, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)

• 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)

• 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 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 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on October 16, 1875 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.