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• Abraham van Lunsen, Amsterdam († 1955)
• Aerts Cornelia, Meer, Antwerpen, België († 1938)
• Anna Theunissen, Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, Riemst (B) († 1923)
• Adriaan van Sorge, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Albert Armadouse Garreau, St Anne, Kankakee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Alice Laura Miriam Taylor, Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia († 1955)
• Adriaan van Sorge, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gils, Gilze († 1922)
• Adriana van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1934)
• Adrianus Luijken, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1955)

• Antonia Maria Mourik (70), Den Bosch
• Catharina Maria Wagenaar (24), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Hendrika Hueting (0), Dedemsvaart
• Annechien Kuper (72), Borger
• Albert Roelofs Sempel (63), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adriana Spanjersberg (47), Delft
• Carolus, Silvinus Van Den Borre (3), Asse
• Antonie Reimink (0), Ambt Ommen
• Antje Westerhuis (75), Middelstum
• Andries van der Ree (0), Numansdorp

• 1863 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal († 1932)
• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)

• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

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.
• February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 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 May 14, 1874 was about 10.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.