About the day » Sunday March 21, 1875Calender converter

• Albertus van KOTEN, Altstaden
• Adriaan Vogelenzang, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Alphonsus Degezelle, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Albert Berend Brouwer, Groningen (Groningen)
• Adriana Lous, Westkapelle, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Glavimans, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Kornelis Fluijt, Sirjansland († 1875)
• Aaltje Nieuweboer, Wervershoof, Netherlands († 1875)
• Alberdina Johanna Wiltink, Epse († 1875)
• Albert van Meteren, Giessen-Nieuwkerk († 1875)

• Adriaan van Loon (92), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Huigen (75), Haarlemmermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Emmanuel" Honoré Boyer de Fonscolombe La Môle (64), Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
• Andries Hilbrands van der Ploeg (71), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Speet (63), Erlecom, NL
• Aartje van Bemmel (22), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Schriks (0), Helmond
• Anna Gertrudis Janssen (1), Susteren, Nederland
• Adrianus Michielsen (73), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana de Vogel (48), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist († 1952)
• 1867 » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer († 1932)
• 1869 » David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player († 1937)
• 1874 » Alfred Tysoe, English runner († 1901)
• 1876 » Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1877 » Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot († 1964)
• 1878 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect († 1944)
• 1880 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer († 1971)
• 1880 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic († 1966)
• 1882 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician († 1963)

• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)

• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on March 21, 1875 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.