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• Anna Maria Hubertina Schrooten, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 1926)
• Amalie Brahm, Schwelm
• REMMERTS
• Adrianus Pirovano, Beverwijk († 1878)
• Aart Oom, Netherlands († 1958)
• Adrianus Ignatius Westgeest, 's-Gravenhage († 1874)
• Angelica van Eijck, Depere Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• A? Reed, Beneden Prinsen Kwartier, Sint Maarten
• Aaltje van de Velde
• Alfred William Harrington († 1907)

• Aaltje de Vries (46), Slood (Hoogeveen)
• "kind van mannelijk" Kramer (0), Enkhuizen
• Adriana van der Horst (33), Zegveld
• Aaltje (Frederiks) Sweitzer (87), Kollum (Kollumerland)
• Adriana van de Ven (86), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Winters (1), Scheerwolde (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriana de WINT (77), Dubbeldam
• Aaltje de Vries (46), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Slood)
• Adriana Dirksdr van Oosten (46), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Aaltje Frederiks Zweitser (87), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland

• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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.
• February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• 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 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 April 15, 1874 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.