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• * Wilhelmina van Overdijk, Vlijmen († 1961)
• Amadeus Lijssens, Bazel (Belgie)
• Aantje van Es, Hoogblokland
• Aleida Hendrika Smelt, Vriezenveen († 1956)
• ABRAHAM VAN MANNEKES, BERKEL EN RODENRIJS († 1970)
• alida hermina sohl, mijdrecht
• Aleida Hendrika Smelt, Vriezenveen († 1956)
• Albertus Vorenhout, Haantje, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• aagje SCHUITMAN, klaaswaal
• Adriana Kraal, Rotterdam († 1875)

• Anna Valborg Kemppainen (0), Finland
• Anje Warners ELEMA (0), Zuurdijk, Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoine Clarus Steven KORTLANG (0), Velp (Rheden)
• Anje Elema (0), Zuurdijk, Gemeente De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje(n) Hekman (80), Haren
• Aaltje VETHMAN (57), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Koelemij (0), Haarlem
• Arnoldus van der Haagen, Boxtel, NL
• Anna Catharina Verdoodt (83), Opwijk
• Antje Jans Bouma (39), Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on December 16, 1875 was about -1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.