About the day » Thursday April 1, 1875Calender converter

• ""EDUARDUS"" GISLENUS VAN BRANDE, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1875)
• Aaltje Antonia Johanna Mulder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje de Koning, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1875)
• Alida Reuvecamp, Deventer († 1930)
• Wolters, Eulenbusch
• Agnes - Anna Görtzen, Kerkrade, LI, Netherlands († 1876)
• Agada Koster, Noordwijkerhout († 1876)
• Adriana Johanna Clasina Scholte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Adrianus van Osch, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1965)
• Aaldrik Kapma, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1956)

• Albert Allan Chambers (37), Crosspool, Sheffield
• Alida van Leeuwen (0), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiebes Huitema (59)
• Abram Oomkes Vroom (40), Godlinze, Bierum
• Anna Catharina Schulze Bründermann (63), Ochtrup, Steinfurt, Westfalen, Deutschland
• Adrianus Beijnders (58), Rotterdam
• Annetje Bierman (76), Beets
• Adriana Domhart, Haarlem
• Alegonda van Barneveld (56), Wamel, West Maas en Waal, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alida Rosetta ANDRIESSEN (70), Tholen, 5872, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1868 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1868 » Walter Mead, English cricketer († 1954)
• 1871 » F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor († 1955)
• 1873 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1943)
• 1874 » Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian († 1953)
• 1874 » Prince Karl of Bavaria († 1927)
• 1875 » Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright († 1932)
• 1878 » C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist († 1958)
• 1879 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman († 1967)
• 1881 » Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister († 1938)

• 1839 » Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)

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 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.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• 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.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on April 1, 1875 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.