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• Albertus Geurts, Nijmegen
• Aafje Krook, Loosdrecht († 1915)
• Aaltje de Bruin, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alphonsius Maria Raphael Mullie, Izegem West-Vlaanderen
• Agnès Victoire Sophie CONSEIL, Saint-Venant, 62770, Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Albert Eisses, Onnen (Haren), Groningen, Nederland († 1875)
• Alida Timmerman, Ruiselede, België
• Adriana Petronella Arbous, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van de Ven, Chaam
• Alphons Marie Raphaël Mullie, Izegem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1903)

• Anna Christine Amelle JANS (21), Kuringen, 71022, Hasselt, Belgique
• Catharina Elizabeth Vollebregt (76), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrikus Laurenssen (31), Schaijk
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Minnerup (64)
• Adriana van Dongen (6), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christine Göbel (0), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriana de Wit (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina Schippers (60), Veldhuizen, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Staal (57), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Theresia ( Vandenbroucke ) Vandenbroecke (78), Mariakerke

• 1868 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author († 1969)
• 1872 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper († 1957)
• 1875 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer († 1958)
• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)

• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)

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. Klaas
15. Wilhelmus
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• 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 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
• November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on October 24, 1874 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.