About the day » Sunday March 29, 1874Calender converter

• Alfred Ernest Goodworth, Scone, NSW, Australia († 1875)
• Aaltje Kruidhof, Hardenberg († 1877)
• van Rijnberk, Zoelen (GL) († 1874)
• Annigje Punter, Weststellingwerf († 1880)
• Arend Jan Grooters, Eibergen († 1958)
• * Marinus Vennings, Vlijmen († 1959)
• Aaltje Kruithof, Ambt Hardenberg († 1877)
• Adriaan Bax, Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1931)
• Aaltje Teunis Dekkinga, Tietjerk († 1900)
• Anna Maria Ahlers, Erica (Emmen)

• Anna Vos (41), Schaijk, Nederland
• Jan de Wilde (76), 's-Gravenzande
• Aaltje Smit (56), Zijpe
• Aaltje Wessels Kuiper (79), Wagenborgen (gem. Eemsdelta)
• "Gerritdina" Gerrigje Gerrigje (74), Wierden
• Anna Maria Lovendaal (74), Sambeek
• Adriana Boulogne (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Wessels Kuiper(s) (79), Wagenborgen Termunten Groningen
• Antonette van Beurden (19), Vlijmen
• Antonetta van Beurden (19), Vlijmen

• 1867 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager († 1955)
• 1869 » Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar († 1943)
• 1869 » Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect († 1944)
• 1870 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain († 1904)
• 1871 » Tom Hayward, English cricketer († 1939)
• 1872 » Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia († 1953)
• 1873 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1874 » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States († 1944)
• 1876 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player († 1908)
• 1884 » Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter († 1965)

• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
• 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 March 29, 1874 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 32 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.