About the day » Sunday December 5, 1875Calender converter

• Alberdina Catharina 't Hooft, Utrecht zie Utrecht-Utrecht
• Anne Everts Weiland, Menaldumadeel
• Anna Gertrudis Seuren, Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonie van Doorn, Ellewoutsdijk
• Anna Maria Barbara VROMEN, Schin op Geul (NL/LI) († 1948)
• Anje Leenderts STOUTMEIJER, Zoutkamp (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1876)
• Adriana Boogerd, Oud Vossemeer († 1940)
• Anna BROLIN († 1916)
• Anje Stoudtmeijer, Zoutkamp († 1876)
• Adriana Zwart, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Albert Frans MOL (56), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Jacobs Smit (74), Onderwierum
• Anna Elisabeth Wolterbeek (22), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aelke Wold (43), Weiwerd gemeente Delfzijl Groningen
• Masden (0)
• Albert Mol (56), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• - Jutte (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Wijburg (3), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hogervorst (3), Hillegersberg
• Oostveen (0), Barwoutswaarder (UT, NLD)

• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)
• 1881 » René Cresté, French actor and director († 1922)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

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.
• 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 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on December 5, 1875 was about -2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.