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• Abram Kloos, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Abraham Lucieer, Zuidzande († 1905)
• Andries van Marle, Kampen († 1956)
• Agatha Stokman, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Akke Ypes Beimers, St. Annaparochie († 1878)
• Albertina Hoefnagel, 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Stokman, Haarlem († 1879)
• alice BELLEZ, La Bouverie (Belgium) Hainaut
• Abram Kloos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Bernardina Koevoet, Den Helder

• Anne Marie Verbakel (63), Erp, Nederland
• ?? van Almen (0), Rotterdam
• Barend Fritz (69), Amsterdam
• Barelt Mooibroek (43), Exloermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdina Hendrika Hulsman (0), Delft
• Adolphe Jules SIMON (1), Boussu, 7300, Hainaut, BELGIQUE
• Ann Drusilla Tyler (95), Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
• Barelt Mooibroek (43), Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Barelt Mooibroek- (43), Borger, Nederland
• Antonius Arras (22), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België

• 1857 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist († 1911)
• 1867 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor († 1945)
• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)

• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)

• 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 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.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on July 8, 1875 was about 16.7 °C. There was 35 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.