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• Adolfine Ernestine Vetter, Makassar (Ned. Indië) († 1963)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Hermeine Perre, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelius Jansen, Tilburg
• Alida Adriana Hoendervoogt, Amersfoort († 1949)
• Duijsens, Voerendaal († 1875)
• Agnes SPARMBERG, Gera (D) († 1957)
• Anna Petronella Boulet, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Anthonis Fernandus Cabri, Antwerpen († 1928)
• Annetje Takken, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna De Vries, Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)

• Apolonia Oostdam (50), Haarlem
• Akke Hiddes van Dijk (53), ferwerd
• Alexander Munster (47), Delfshaven
• Broekhuizen (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Annigje Geerts Smit (0), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Lassche (58), Zwartsluis
• Adriaan van den Broeke (7), Veere, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke Hiddes van Dijk (53), Ferwerd
• Alphonsus Jacobus Buijs (0), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Köhler (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)

• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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.
• February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• 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.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on July 17, 1875 was about 23.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.