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• Albert Lodewijks, gem oostellingerwerf († 1886)
• Aletta Margaretha Uijs, Utrecht, Natal, So. Afr
• Andrew Krupa, Lipinki, Malopolskie, Poland († 1878)
• Aletta Margaretha Uys, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa († 1968)
• Aletta Margaretha Uijs, Utrecht, Natal, So. Afr
• Afke Jetzes Veldhuis, Uitwellingerga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adrijana Klevelbaard, Gasselternijveenschemond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1936)
• Alberdina Bolks, Varsen († 1957)
• Aletta Margaretha Uys, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa († 1968)
• Albert Lodewijks, gem oostellingerwerf († 1886)

• Pijl (0), Sliedrecht
• Counen, Limbricht
• Berend Jan Menkveld (39), Warnsveld
• Anna Margaretha PRETORIUS (26), Klipfontein, Smithfield
• Antje Reints Starke (67), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Auguste Roth (0), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Christiaan Warta (11), Valthermond, gem. Odoorn, Nederland
• Amelie Francoise Ernestine XHOFFRAY (68), Temploux, Province de Namur, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Bastiaan Cornelis Brouwer (3), heenvliet
• Arie Nouien \ Noijen \ Nunnick (70), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)
• 1884 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach († 1947)
• 1885 » Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer († 1957)
• 1888 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer († 1972)
• 1889 » Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta († 1942)

• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)

• 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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

The temperature on September 12, 1875 was about 25.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.