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• Adriana Hendrika Daniels
• Aafke de Vries, Aduarderzijl, gem. Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• Aaltje Klooster, Hattem († 1938)
• Abraham Samuel Heiman van den Berg, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
• ... Eendragt, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anna Margaretha van Wingerden, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kruijmel, Brielle († 1959)
• Aaltje Smit, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• (m) Julius, Dotzlar, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria VAN MARIS, Eghel, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1970)

• Anne Hendriks Dijker (42), Oostdongeradeel
• Anna Maria Barbara Smits (59), Vlierden
• Antonia Renniers (45), Tilburg. Noord Brabant
• Alida Pronk (0), Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Amalia TERMONT (20)
• Albigence Waldo Williams (69)
• Antonij Kleizen (60), Langeveen, 7679, Nederland
• Antonij (Kleizen) Kleissen (60), Langeveen (Tubbergen)
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• Arij van der Henst (65), Oegstgeest (ZH NL)

• 1867 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician († 1947)
• 1868 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician († 1952)
• 1871 » J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader († 1961)
• 1875 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist († 1961)
• 1877 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1877 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player († 1949)
• 1878 » J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian († 1966)
• 1878 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1942)
• 1878 » Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director († 1968)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

• 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.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• 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.

The temperature on September 1, 1875 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.