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• Adolph Ernestus Thierens, Brielle († 1941)
• Albertien Seubers, Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Erm († 1919)
• Anna de Swart, Gilze en Rijen (N.Br.) († 1876)
• Albert Snijders, Noordbarge (gem. Emmen) († 1953)
• Abraham Brandt, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Albert Slomp, Ruinen († 1875)
• Adolf Bein, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland († 1941)
• Aaltje Westerhoff, Leens, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagata Elisabeth Mooij
• Adolph Ernestus Thierens, Brielle,Gemeente Brielle,South Holland,Netherlands († 1941)

• Antje van Donselaar (24), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Anna Schreuders (0), Veen
• Angelia L. Booth (10)
• Anna Vingerhoets (69), Hilvarenbeek
• Berend Jan Lambooij (57), Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Beike Annes Hettema (16), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Huele (3), Amsterdam (NH, NLD)
• Anna Maria Van Reeth (1), Boom, Antwerpen, België
• Antonetta Donkers (84), Gestel en Blaarthem
• Anna de Bruin (2), Rotterdam

• 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)
• 1868 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company († 1938)
• 1869 » Charley Grapewin, American actor († 1956)
• 1871 » Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor († 1937)
• 1873 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 1948)
• 1873 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician († 1936)
• 1881 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1886 » Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman († 1974)
• 1888 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic († 1980)

• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)

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 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)
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on December 20, 1875 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.