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• Aaltje Bronkhorst, Ermelo († 1952)
• Kievit, Tricht (Buurmalsen) (GL) († 1875)
• Anna Petronella Boulet, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Abraham Leslie Cohen, Goulburn, NSW (AU) († 1959)
• Aaltje Schot, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Andries Jans Veenstra, Drachten
• Anna Maria de Laat, Berlicum
• Alfred Anthonius Corelis van den Berg, Axel, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1910)
• Amelia Joanna Van Schaeren, Wilmarsdonk
• Anna Maria van ROOIJ, Beugen en Rijkevoort († 1917)

• Kievit (0), Tricht (Buurmalsen) (GL)
• Apolonia Bijl (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Koning (33), (UT) Barwoutswaarder
• Annigje Geerts Smit (0), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Bastiaan de Hoop (9), Willige Langerak, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Apollonia BIJL (47), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Broekhuizen (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Neeff (60), Rotterdam
• Anna Geertruid Scholten (87), Winterswijk
• Akke Hiddes van Dijk (53), ferwerd

• 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)

• 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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• 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.
• 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%.