About the day » Monday May 24, 1875Calender converter

• Anna Cornelia van der Burg, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Pieternella Merkx, Culemborg († 1880)
• Alida Pieternella Merkx, Culemborg,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltje van Vuure, Broek in Waterland († 1968)
• adriana neeltje GROENEVELD, oud-beijerland
• Albert Francis Gray, Athol Park, South Australia, Australia († 1955)
• Arthur Henri Jean Joseph DECORTIS, Liège, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Adolf Nicolaas Boll, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Anje van der Vinne, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Hamers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1878)

• Aart Roelofs Bijsterbosch (73), Heerde-Hoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dominicus van Vlierberghe (51), Koewacht
• Anthonie Genis (76), Hoorn
• Arend Meijer (67), Hollandscheveld
• Anna Hoogenboom (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Josephs Meijer (67), E589, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antonia van Delft (0), Waalwijk
• Aaltje Hesselink (76), Gelselaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia van Delft (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerardu (2), Maastricht

• 1863 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor († 1938)
• 1868 » Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic († 1956)
• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)
• 1886 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1887 » Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)

• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

The temperature on May 24, 1875 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.