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• Alberdina Penthum, Breedeweg (Muntendam, Groningen) († 1885)
• Adriana Jacoba Hanemaaijer, De Lier († 1962)
• Alida Keijzer, Zaandam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Arbous, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Johannes de Groot, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje van Raalte, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1955)
• Annigje Otter, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Cornelia KUIT, Utrecht († 1938)
• Abraham Marijs, OostWest Souburg
• Antje Lenstra

• Aalt Doppenberg (1), Putten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aldegundis Wilhelmina Krijne (68), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Joanning (75), Emsbüren-Bexten
• Arij de Vries (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Cornelis Braaksma (73), Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Michilsen (62), Berendrecht, Provincie Antwerpen
• Abraham Jacobszn Bregman (82), Zoetermeer
• Abram Jacobsz Bregman (Breggeman) (82), Zoetermeer
• Anna Catharina HEYNS (76), Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Abraham Jacobsz Bregman (82), Zoetermeer (Zoetermeer), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)
• 1891 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author († 1973)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

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.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• 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.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

The temperature on October 20, 1875 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.