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• Abraham Gutlich, Rotterdam († 1882)
• Adolphina van Olphen, Weststellingwerf, Nederland
• Anna Maria Veenbrink, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1876)
• Anna van Suijdam, Gameren († 1959)
• Alphonsus Maria Ludovicus Van Beckhoven, Mol († 1965)
• Aalt Hofman, Oldebroek, Wezep, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1953)
• Aalt Hofman, Oldebroek († 1953)
• Annie Missouri Eady, Heard († 1958)
• Antje Rintjes Velsen, Oosterbierum († 1904)
• Aaltje Oudshoorn, Leimuiden († 1899)

• Anna Catharina Verbert (49), Wilrijk
• Alberta Veurtjes (38), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan OELE (0), Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Vrolijk (38), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus Oortmeijer (0), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Areke van Beusichem (70), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Aafje Kuiper (50), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria NEES (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (1), Niezijl, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Poelen (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)
• 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
• 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
• 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)

• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)

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. Gerardus
16. Leendert

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.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• 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.
• 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 8, 1875 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.