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• ? van den Dungen, Waspik
• Abraham van Ark, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Alphonse LITZLER, Zillisheim (68720, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Catharina Künen, Sevenum († 1948)
• Cornelia Meesters, Rotterdam († 1875)
• Adrianus Rudolf Hermus, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Aaltje Klazes Olijnsma, Tietjerksteradeel
• Aloysius Ignatius Josephus Marie Schaepman, Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands († 1877)
• Adriana van Rossum, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Abraham van Ark, Leiden († 1960)

• Anna Mammen Osterloh (73)
• Abraham Fiers (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• arie SPUIDIJK (79), zuidland
• Arend Tjonk (0), Magele, gemeente den Ham
• Arie Maartensz Spuijdijk (79), Zuidland
• Arie Maartensz. Spuidijk (79), Zuidland
• Antje Baukes de Vries (37), Gaasterland-Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius in 't Hout (53), Nijmegen
• Andries Schaafsma (60), Weststellingwerf, FR, Nederland
• Helmond (0), Culemborg (GL)

• 1865 » John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1867 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter († 1950)
• 1869 » Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic († 1918)
• 1878 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer († 1949)
• 1879 » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1964)
• 1879 » William Stickney, American golfer († 1944)
• 1880 » Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic († 1967)
• 1882 » Marie Doro, American actress († 1956)
• 1883 » Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower († 1965)

• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)

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.
• February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• 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.

The temperature on May 25, 1875 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 29 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.