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• Anke Douwes Reitsma, Hennaarderadeel
• Adrianus de Zwart, Schiebroek (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriaan Kodde, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1875)
• Albertus Bernardus Kuster, Het Broek († 1961)
• Aleida Maria Bonenberg, Baak, Nederland († 1893)
• Amata Maria Francisca Berckman, Gent, België († 1915)
• Albertus Aloijsius de Kleijn, Ravenstein, Nederland
• Anna Santing, Emmen († 1926)
• Aafje Pieternella van Ringelenstein, Hoog Blokland († 1930)
• Adriana Cornelia Hartvelt, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriana VAN GESTEL (108), St.Michielsgestel,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Apolonia de Rooij (77), Stoppeldijk, Nederland
• (Stillborn) Meeuwenberg (0), Schoterland, Nederland
• Anthonius Franciscus BEKS (0), Zierikzee (NL/ZE)
• Arend Arends Teunissen (Hagen) (75), Brummen
• Anna Geertruida van den Boogaard (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Hagen (75), Brummen
• Aaltje Glastra (0), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Anthonie Johannes Tusschenbroek (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Dijkema, (1), Warfum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
• 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)
• 1870 » Nelson McDowell, American actor († 1947)
• 1871 » Guangxu Emperor of China († 1908)
• 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
• 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)
• 1881 » Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1883 » Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic († 1941)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• 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)
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.

The temperature on August 14, 1875 was about 22.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.