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• Albertina Maria Hoogendijk, Den Helder († 1936)
• van Achterberg, Raamsdonk († 1875)
• Abraham Daniëls Horsman, Den Helder († 1960)
• Altheda Enis Lambson, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1908)
• Albert Vanden Berg, Ridgewood, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Adriaan van der Schalie, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Meulendijk, Nuland († 1875)
• Abraham Horsman, Den Helder († 1960)
• Adele Amelia ELLIS, Louisiana
• Albertha Johanna Radstake, Wisch, Gelderland (NL.) († 1889)

• Adriana Cors van Bodegom (78), Hekelingen
• Albert Koops PEN (83), Scheerwolde (Steenwijkerwold)
• Albert Koops Pen (83), Scheerwolde (Steenwijkerwold), Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alida Maria van der Gaag (1), Schiedam
• Adriaan Broekhoven (61), Dongen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Amanda M Marlow (30)
• Albrecht Edmund Graf von Löben (74), Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
• Adriana Veenendaal (76), Tienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberdina Helena Johanna Dingemans (1), Rotterdam
• Abraham Cornelisse Kool (82), Everdingen, Vianen

• 1861 » Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author († 1935)
• 1862 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1869 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager († 1928)
• 1875 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler († 1940)
• 1875 » William Donne, English cricketer and captain († 1942)
• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)
• 1891 » Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer († 1957)
• 1891 » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet († 1976)
• 1891 » Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa († 1958)
• 1896 » Johnny Golden, American golfer († 1936)

• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
• 1865 » A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 » Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 » Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)

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.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

The temperature on April 2, 1875 was about 9.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.