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• Adrianus Buitenweg, Vreeswijk (Nieuwegein), Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• Anthonie Lindenberg, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1878)
• Annigje Baars-, Vreeswijk, Nederland
• Allegonda van Gastel, Zesgehuchten (NL) († 1939)
• Antonie Ee, Kootwijkerbroek, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1967)
• Adrianus Voesenek, Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Arie Cornelis Hellendoorn, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Gijzenij, Leiden († 1876)
• Amélie Marie VAN PARYS, Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1945)
• Antje EELMAN, Dijkmanshuizen,Gemeente Texel,Noord-Holland,Netherlands († 1976)

• Anathalie BONNEAU (42)
• Adrianus van Ommeren (0), Lienden
• Aarnoud (Aarnout) de Maker (72), Kloetinge
• Anna Adriaans Blok (78), Numero Dertien gem. Veendam
• Anna Elisabeth Verwoert (0), Rhenen (UTR) The Netherlands
• albert LEMAIRE (66), Boussu (Belgium) Hainaut
• Adolphe SIMON (0), Boussu, 7300, Hainaut, BELGIQUE
• Anna Elisabeth Verwoert (0), Rhenen
• Anne Adriaans Blok (78), Veendam gemeente Veendam Groningen
• Anna Vos (66), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on August 15, 1875 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.