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• Adèle Louise Jeane Constance Broers, Bandjermasin, Borneo († 1940)
• van den Broek, Gouda († 1875)
• Anna Joanna Pallen, Vechmaal, België
• Anna Maria Beijers, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1906)
• Albertus de Wit, J 29, Vrachelen († 1875)
• Adriana Maria van Puijenbroek, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Alforda Hollingsworth († 1876)
• Albertus de Wit, Oosterhout († 1875)
• Anna Maria Langelaan, Delft,- († 1924)
• Adriana Pothof, Rozenburg († 1875)

• Aaltje Zunderdorp (71), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Huberta van den Heuvel (0), Oss
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelisse (0), Goes
• Aaltje Romberg (38), Het Haagje, Hoogeveen
• Aletta Reyers, Westbroek
• Aaltje Jacobs Kuiper (75), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Anne) Marie WIOLAND (7), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Aaltje Veenstra (3), Kollumerzwaag
• Albartus Engelenburg (75), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Wisse (45), Heinkenszand

• 1869 » Émile Fabre, French author and playwright († 1955)
• 1871 » Alec Hurley, English music hall singer († 1913)
• 1874 » Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor († 1926)
• 1874 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic († 1961)
• 1875 » William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player († 1953)
• 1879 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher, poet, and composer († 1953)
• 1882 » George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1943)
• 1882 » Marcel Lalu, French gymnast († 1951)
• 1883 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer († 1945)
• 1884 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)

• 1838 » Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
• 1869 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (b. 1779)
• 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)

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.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• 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 24, 1875 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.