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• Anna Maria Margaretha de Groot, Rotterdam
• Troost, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Agatha Maria VELTMAN, Harlingen(Friesland) († 1881)
• Achiel Julien Malstaf, Zuienkerke, Belgique († 1946)
• van der Gugten, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Sintmaarrtensdijk, Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Jakomina Burema, Leermens, ’t Zandt († 1952)
• Antje Canrinus, Oosthem, Friesland, Nederland († 1892)
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• Adolphus Remmert, Djokjakarta, Yogyakarta (Jogjakarta), Indonesië († 1945)

• Antje Landman (6), Wageningen
• Adriana Johanna Maria Vodde (0), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Henssen (59), Spaubeek, Beek
• Ariën van Schenkhof (75), Kesteren
• Alexander Michiel Willige (70), Delft
• Antje de Vries (70), alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Heuvelstand (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Birza (2), Obergum (Winsum-Gr)
• Anne Barbara OTT (0), Berentzwiller (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Abraham Eliaserszn Pezaro (55), Amsterdam

• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)
• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1885 » Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic († 1971)
• 1886 » Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter († 1968)
• 1888 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright († 1959)

• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)

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 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on December 15, 1875 was about -0.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.