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• Maria Botter, Alteveer
• Aaltje van Manen, Bunnik (Utrecht) († 1962)
• Albertus Martinus Schierboom, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)
• Aäron Lelie, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Heres, Hardenberg, Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan van Loo, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 1876)
• Adriana Vlugt van der, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Alberta Hendrika Westhof, Amersfoort († 1952)
• Aart Barendsen, Oldebroek († 1939)
• Ana de Campos, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil

• Adrianus Loeffen (63), Berghem
• Albertus Theunisz Braam (63), Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina Jacobs Boddeveld (37), groningen
• Aaltje Hazelhof (56), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anne Riemers Wybenga (2), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Katerberg (0), Dedemsvaart
• Albertje Beens (12), Genemuiden
• Albertus Theunis Braam (63)
• Albertus Teunis Braam (63), Ooststellingwerf
• Aaltje Jacobs Noordstra (75), Drachten

• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)
• 1885 » Robert Delaunay, French painter († 1941)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

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.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on April 12, 1875 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.