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• Alexander Lisser († 1943)
• Godefridus Hubertus Hansen, Neer († 1937)
• Adrianus HOOGENBOEZEM, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1940)
• Aaltje Gerretta Geertruida Blonk, Amsterdam
• Albertus Verhoeven, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Aldert Alles van Kooten, Tietjerksteradeel
• Aaltje Pieters Dijkstra, Wirdum († 1954)
• Aaltje Wybenga, Wirdum, Ljouwerteradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Pieters Wybenga, Wirdum († 1954)
• Albertus (Bert) Verhoeven, Aarle-Rixtel († 1962)

• Barnard James Boulton (71), Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
• August Hamann, Tanunda, South Australia
• Antonetta Blom (38), Raamsdonk
• Archibald Lord Campbell van Glendaruel
• Anna Cornelia Ahuis (0), Schiedam,-
• Antje Simons Kleistra (60), Ee
• Balthazar Michiel Wouters, Eindhoven
• Anna Barbara Hoedemakers (48), Papenhoven
• Catharina van der Vis (0), Oudeschild
• Aaltje van den Berg (8), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1864 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) († 1935)
• 1865 » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar († 1944)
• 1866 » Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip († 1910)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)
• 1868 » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician († 1944)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland († 1953)
• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)
• 1874 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1952)
• 1878 » Reza Shah, Iranian king († 1944)
• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)

• 1820 » Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)

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.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• 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 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.

The temperature on March 15, 1875 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.