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• Andries Eker *, Steenwijkerwold († 1876)
• Aaltje Joosten, Hardenberg († 1875)
• Albert Jan Eggengoor, Radewijk († 1907)
• Alice Virginia Louise Johanna Dumonceau, Brussel († 1959)
• Aaltje Jans VAN DER KOOI, Morra (Oostdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adriaan Dijkers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Cornelis Mermans, Breda († 1949)
• Adrianus Bon, Mijdrecht († 1937)
• Anna Christina Vreem, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Alice Mabel Fogarty, Toowoomba, Colony of Queensland († 1966)

• adriaantje MONSTER (63), oud-beijerland
• Aaltje van Schouwen (74), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna van den Heuvel (35), Oss
• Aaltje Schouwen van (73), St. Maartensdijk gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Adriaantje Leenderts Monster (63), Oud-Beijerland
• Alice Hollingsworth (36)
• Anna Catharine Shellabarger (1), Montgomery County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Bouw (59), Putten
• Andries Geudeker (42), Bloemendaal
• anna maria heuvel van den (35), oss

• 1854 » Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author († 1926)
• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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.
• December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

The temperature on December 23, 1874 was about 1.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.