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• Adriana Besuijen, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1957)
• Aartje Bollebakker, Hilversum († 1945)
• Adriaan Volkers, Veere († 1954)
• Albertus Johannes Leeuwis, Angerlo († 1966)
• Albert LATHOUWERS, Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Alegonda van Baren*, Dreumel (Gld.), West Maas en Waal (Gld.) († 1941)
• Albert Schulte, Neusustrum
• Aäron Morpurgo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1880)
• Aleida Jans Riksma, Ter Idzard, 8476, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Piens, Bottelare

• Andreas Franciscus Eppink (0), Gendringen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hubertus van Lier (13), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Breure (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Hendrika Cornelia de Blank (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Teffelen (75), Drunen
• Anna Maria Gulikers (6), Maastricht
• André Bernard Schutijser (0), Sint-Laureins, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Anthonies (Aaltje) de Bruin (74), Heerhugowaard, Nederland
• Andries Gooitzens Botstra (74), Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Veeningen (2)

• 1870 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1870 » Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet († 1945)
• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)
• 1878 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1967)
• 1881 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1881 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist († 1908)
• 1882 » Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator († 1953)
• 1882 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator († 1945)

• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)

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.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• 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.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on October 22, 1875 was about 15.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.