About the day » Friday February 5, 1875Calender converter

• , in Haarlem († 1961)
• Adelaide Steegers, Den Helder († 1925)
• Alida Marie Philomene GIRALDO, Brugge († 1905)
• Aafje Bos, Dedemsvaart
• Andle de Vries, Jellum († 1949)
• Anna Maria Albers, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aafje Bos, Dedemsvaart († 1927)
• (w) Seifart, Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Laurenses Bruinsma, Westdongeradeel († 1916)
• Anna Jacoba del Campo genaamd Camp, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands († 1905)

• Anna Maria de Vos (3), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Ann Karr (69), Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Wickham (72), SHARON, MEDINA CO., OHIO
• Anna Maria Rippens (68), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrien Hufkens (63), Elsem, Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Trimp (0), Boskoop
• Abraham Goossens (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas van Esch (74), Haaren
• Anne Hotzes van Zinderen (van Sinderen) (88), Gorredijk
• Andersjen Peereboom (2), Oldemarkt

• 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)

• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)

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.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• 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.

The temperature on February 5, 1875 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.