About the day » Wednesday September 29, 1875Calender converter

• Albert Hamberg, Sibculo († 1877)
• Andries Barentsen, Colijnsplaat († 1878)
• Ane~Nannes Dijkstra, Himmelumer Aldefurt en Noardwâlde († 1956)
• Anje Reint Mulder, Wagenborgen (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antoon Janssen, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Aart Schoester, Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Janssens, Antwerpen († 1969)
• Anna Maria Vogels, Voorschoten († 1923)
• Antje Huizinga († 1959)
• Anje Reint Mulder, Wagenborgen gem. Termunten

• Albertje Went (65), Den Helder
• Anna de Rooij (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Adrianus van den Brand (85), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldert Breebaart, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Blom (0), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrik van Klaveren (1), Leiden
• Alberdina Veeneman (1), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josepha van Lith (1)
• Aaldert Pool (0), Deventer
• Aaldert Jans Pool (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1863 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1919)
• 1864 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author († 1936)
• 1866 » Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician († 1934)
• 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
• 1885 » George Scott, English footballer († 1916)
• 1891 » Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player († 1967)

• 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)

• 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.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The temperature on September 29, 1875 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.