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• Agatha Johanna Knigge, Uithoorn († 1906)
• Anna Maria Moonen, Vlijmen († 1932)
• Adriaan Heijt, Middelburg († 1875)
• Adriaan van Kuijk, Steenbergen
• Albert ten Boer, Warffum, Groningen, Nederland († 1901)
• Anna Catharina Bronneberg, Krawinkel († 1947)
• Adriana Johanna van der Velden, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel-Nederland († 1959)
• Adriana van der Weijde, Moordrecht, ZH, Nederland
• * Dirk Keijnemans, Aalst
• Aaltje Hultink, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)

• Berend Hoeksema (2), Gaarkeuken, Grijpskerk,, Groningen, Nederland
• Apolonia de Poorte (72), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Gerdina Wagemakers, Waspik
• Aaltje Nijboer (27), Eursing (Beilen)
• Antje Hylkesd FEENSTRA (49), Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Henrietta Brummelkamp (39)
• Antje Hylkes Feenstra (49), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Arnoldus Jacobs (0), Heppen, Limburg, België
• Aaltjen Niessink (40), Doesburg
• Charles Jacob Umbgrove (44), A./b. S.s. Madura,,,op thuisreis

• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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. Gerardus
16. Leendert

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 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• 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.
• June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.

The temperature on May 2, 1875 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.