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• Agatha Cornelia Visser, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje Koster, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aleida Egberts Martinus, Het Schut (Hoogeveen)
• Adriaantje van der SCHEE, Poortugaal (Z.-H.), Neth († 1876)
• Antonia Driessen, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Huberdina Kamhoot, Tholen(ZL) († 1954)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia van Beurden, Oosterhout († 1943)
• adrianus QUARTEL, schiedam
• Antonia Driessen, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert Modeste Marie Joseph Nevejan, Torhout, West Flanders, Belgium († 1935)

• Adriana Maria Spronsen (0), Monster
• Aloys Graaf Pálffy van Erdöd (74), Slot Hradischt, Blovic (Blowitz), Z.W.-Bohemen, Tsjechië
• ADRIANA MARIA VAN SPRONSEN (0), MONSTER
• Anna, Maria Thissen (2), Gulpen,Netherlands
• Anna Velhorst (82), Leeuwarden
• Adriaan Marinus Karman (62), Wissenkerke
• Aloys Palffy d'Erdöd (74)
• Aan Bouwes Bloemhof (79), Suameer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• aan Bouwes bloemhof (79), Tietjerksteradeel
• Aaltje Franken (57), Hierden

• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)
• 1875 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer († 1962)
• 1877 » Frank L. Packard, Canadian author († 1942)
• 1878 » Joe Lydon, American boxer († 1937)
• 1880 » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer († 1969)
• 1881 » Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
• 1882 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1941)
• 1882 » Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark († 1944)
• 1883 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro († 1958)

• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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.
• February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
• December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.