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• Alfred, Onezime DELATTRE, Déville-lès-Rouen,76250,Seine-Maritime,HAUTE-NORMANDIE,FRANCE
• Veldkamp, sauwerd (vlakbij Gr.stad)
• Albertus Evert Jan POTHOVEN, Arnhem (Gelderland, The Netherlands) († 1882)
• Adrianus Cornelis Booij, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Alois Ambroise Decoodt, Woumen († 1876)
• Adrianus Joannes van Haren, Herpen († 1941)
• Agatha Annes Tekstra, Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Frsl, Nederland († 1957)
• Aartjen Blankespoor, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Adrianus Joannes van Haren, Herpen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1941)
• Albert Kroezen, Stuifzand Ruinen († 1890)

• Anthonius Groenewegen (30), Zoetermeer
• Aldegonde LIEBENS (70), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Pieter Pols (52), Sliedrecht
• Antonius Groenewegen (30), Zoetermeer, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Mechteldis Appolonia Meuwissen (59), Montfort
• Aloys Julian Reygers (50), Haldern,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• 00 Leonardus Baars, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna Sophia Van Tonder (40), 'Zeekoeigat', District Venterstad, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Anna Catharina Lindauer (70), Maastricht
• Aaltje van der Ham (0), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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.
• January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on August 8, 1875 was about 19.2 °C. There was 73 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.