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• Andries Antonius Borghols, Amsterdam († 1961)
• Allan Nathaniel Randall Parchment, Pedro Plains, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica († 1959)
• Adrianus Wilhemus van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1876)
• Adrianus Theodorus Pols, Ruhrort (D) († 1875)
• Alida van Ommeren, Maurik (Gelderland) († 1960)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• , Didam (Didam, GLD, NL)
• Amelia Long, Pennsylvania († 1958)
• Adriana Maria Jacoba Everaers, Sint Philipsland († 1884)
• de Vries, Woldendorp gem. Termunten

• Aaltjen Tuender (31), Zutphen
• Andries Leonart van Nieuwcasteel (84), Wijk bij Duurstede
• LEVENLOOS KIND (0), Zwaagwesteinde
• Petrus Adrianus Joseph Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Aaltje Adriaans ODERKERK (78), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelina Marie HANOT (3), Eugies (Frameries),7080,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Alida van Velsen (73), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Schagen (55), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lindeman (38), Odijk
• Adrianus den Broeder (35), Nieuwenhoorn

• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)

• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on March 8, 1875 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.