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• Abraham Abas, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Antje Stor, Assendelft († 1913)
• Adriana Zuidam van,, Herwijnen († 1911)
• Anna Maria Ritt, Kerkrade (L († 1954)
• Antonia Corisande Elisabeth duchesse de Gramont, à Nancy († 1954)
• Adriana Petronella Koekenbier, Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Cathalina van der Have, Oosterland († 1953)
• Antje Stor, Assendelft († 1913)
• Adriaan de Waard, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1875)
• Albert J Bohren, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1941)

• Adelaide Boulay (55), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Korenman (43), Zevenbergen
• Antonie Hagoort (81), Dussen
• Arie van den Heuvel (33), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonet van Osch (0), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Antonia (Tania) Hoftiezer (27), Alto twp, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Beck (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Aukje Alberts Bos (50), Ezinge, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonie Hagoort (81), Dussen
• Cathalina Sleeswijk Panne (74)

• 1860 » Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant († 1932)
• 1861 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt († 1936)
• 1861 » John Peltz, American baseball player and manager († 1906)
• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)

• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

• 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.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• 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.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

The temperature on April 23, 1875 was about 8.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.