About the day » Sunday October 17, 1875Calender converter

• Andre Hoek, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Abraham Klazes Jansma, Leeuwarden
• Adriana Verhagen, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Catharina DICKENS, Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1908)
• Anna Hendrika Schoep, Drunen († 1955)
• Adrianus Pols, Rozenburg († 1900)
• Adrianus Rozenboom, Vlaardingen
• Aaldert Etten, Beilen († 1885)
• Albertus Johannes de Bruijn, Roosendaal
• Adrianus SPRONK, Deil

• Antonie van Drunen (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Oppers (1), Schijndel
• Annigje BEUTE (14), Wanneperveen, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands 7946
• Anna Maria Nederhand (0), Middelburg
• Anna Maria Teunisse (81), St Oedenrode
• anna van der HEIJDEN (22), oud-beijerland
• Adriana Gijsberta Hogenboom, Leiden
• Adriaan Koole (0), Wissenkerke
• Adriana Gijsbertha Hogenboom (44), Leiden
• Gerritsen (0), Woerden

• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on October 17, 1875 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.