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• Anna Robert-West, Darmstadt, Hessen († 1948)
• Adrianus van Maren, Zaltbommel(GE) († 1959)
• Alma Maude Purvis, Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada († 1954)
• Adrianus Anthonius van den Heuvel, Baardwijk († 1939)
• ADRIANUS VAN SPRONSEN, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 1875)
• Adrianus van Gool, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1962)
• Abbie Maude Kellar, Peoria, IL († 1956)
• Aagte van Breemen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van den Heuvel, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Alida Johanna Burggraaf, Monster († 1875)

• Adrianus Nieuwenhuijsen (3), Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albregta Johanna Verhoeff (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Nederland
• Aaltje Boomsma (11), Dockum(FR)
• Adrianus Eeckhout (45), Brussel (België)
• Abraham Faure (79), Kaapstad, Cape Province, R.S.A.
• Abraham van Geest (3), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Albertus DIJK (4), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje Ales Boomsma (11), Dokkum, gem. Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Karst (47), Hardenberg, Nederland
• Anthonie Göbel (63), 's Gravenhage

• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

• 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 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on March 28, 1875 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.