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• Adrianus Franciscus Josephus Huijgens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Josephus Huijgens, Tilburg, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje van der Wal, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Alida van Luipen, maassluis († 1876)
• Albert Meijer, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Wal, Wierum (Aduard Groningen)
• Ada Amelia Long, Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States († 1954)
• Anna (Rauché, Rauahe) Rauhe, Braamberg, Zuidwolde († 1953)
• Adolf Friedrich Heinrich VON ARNIM, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1931)
• Anna Catharina Meijs, Geleen, LI, Netherlands († 1875)

• Arie Hovestadt (48), Rhenen
• van 't Veer, Kapelle (ZB)
• Anna Catharina Meijs (0)
• Ann Margrietha van Werven (4), Zwolle
• Aaltje Jans de Wolde (0), Meppel, Nederland
• Arnolda van den Born (80), Wageningen
• Aaltje Barteles Pool (56), Ferwerderadeel
• Antje de Vries (2), De Krim
• Adriaantje Zijderlaan (0), Stolwijk
• Anna Elisabeth Beutler (0)

• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)
• 1884 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1946)
• 1885 » Pascin, Sephardi Jewish Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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.
• 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 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on March 31, 1875 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.