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• Annechien Haak, Kropswolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Alphonsus van Kampen, Monster († 1876)
• (stillborn daughter) KAPTEIJN | Kaptein, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1875)
• Aleida Bosch, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Arie van Vliet, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Antoinette (Nettie) Obermeier, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, United States († 1918)
• Anna May Engle Kratz
• Adrianus van Dalen, Veghel (noord-brabant) († 1942)
• Albertus Hoek, Geesteren († 1956)
• Anna Marie Matilda Knippenberg, Beardstown, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1892)

• Aaltje de Groot (0), Egmond aan Zee
• Adriaantje (Adriana) Spelder (80), amsterdam, Nederland
• Antoon Elsenberg (75), Siebengewald, Niederlande
• Alouisius Geldmeijer (0), Graauw
• Antje Osinga (0), minnertsga
• Albert Jans ten Klooster (79), Meppel
• Antonia Ondersteijn (43), Den Dungen
• Barbara Kristel (4), Amsterdam
• A‰loy Joseph HA‰NON (55), Chalandry,02270, Frankrijk
• Anna de Winter, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1855 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania († 1943)
• 1869 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic († 1923)
• 1871 » Archie MacLaren, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1871 » George Howard Williams, American politician and attorney, United States Senator from Missouri († 1963)
• 1883 » Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic († 1974)
• 1884 » Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher († 1976)
• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)
• 1886 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist († 1982)
• 1895 » Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author († 1977)

• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)

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 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on December 1, 1875 was about -8.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.