About the day » Tuesday December 7, 1875Calender converter

• Albert Edward Charles Scott, North Walsham, Norfolk, Engeland († 1942)
• Abraham Kroon, Hillegersberg (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Aaffien Gosselaar, Delfzijl († 1954)
• Antonius Jacobus Gerardus Meijer, amsterdam, Nederland
• Anne Mantel, Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Hoogeveen, Aarlanderveen († 1877)
• Anna van Meer, Princenhage, NL († 1877)
• Antonia Maria van Herpen, Oss
• Aaltje Alida Kuipers, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 1875)
• Anna Cornelia Suijkerland, Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland

• Adriaan van Meurs (75), Nieuwerkerk (75jr)
• Aart Hendrik Kuipers (58), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Bildina Hulsing (1), Tuitjeshutte (NL)
• Adriana Boer (74), 's-Gravenhage
• (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Anna Suiringa- (43), Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Bosman (63), Lonneker (Noord Eschmarke)
• Berendina Veldhuis (4), Epe
• Anna Suiringa (43), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Nijhof geb. Kuiller (0), Hattem

• 1863 » Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1952)
• 1863 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1863 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears († 1914)
• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)

• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)

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.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• 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 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on December 7, 1875 was about -2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.