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• Adrianus Benedictus Moors, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1877)
• Adriaan van Strien, Wolphaartsdijk († 1964)
• Aartje Krijgsman, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Aaltje Oosterbroek, Voorst (Nijbroek) († 1948)
• * Cornelia (1) de Jong, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1876)
• Valentijn, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Remis, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oosterbroek, Nijbroek († 1948)
• Adrienne Lannes de Montebello, Paris, 75056, France
• Adriana Maria Johanna Van Steijn, Utrecht

• Adrianus Roecken (54), Essen (B)
• Aartje Zeissink (0), Apeldoorn
• Adèle Pauline van Heerdt (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Amable DUFRESNE (73), Lille, 59350, Nord, Nord, France
• Alida van LOPIK (39), Well, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adele Pauline Baroness Van Heerdt (0)
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• Aaltje van Kooten (0), Montfoort
• Aaltien Hilbrands (59), Wezup, Zweeloo
• Anna Catharina Ludovica Joanna Delahaye (1), Lier, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgi√´

• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)

• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
• 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 5, 1875 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 29 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.