About the day » Friday May 15, 1874Calender converter

• Adrianus Snepvangers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Schulte
• Anna Catharina Dongelen, Delft
• Anna Elisabeth Verheyen, Weelde (B) († 1874)
• Albert Leander Doc Conway († 1930)
• Anna Catharina van Drongelen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Albert Haarman, Steenwijk
• Ana Rita Garcia Martins, Machado, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1905)
• Bassa, Lexmond, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1874)
• Adriaan Lodewijk Hoog, Haarlem(NH) († 1936)

• Alida Dekker (60), Assen
• Anna Geertruida ten Brink (65), Doesburg
• Albert"Christiaan" Everhardus (2)
• Albert Christiaan Everhardes (2), Urk
• Aart Arijzn Schram (76), Sliedrecht
• (1) Pieter Wittenberg (38), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Broers (70), (UT) Utrecht
• Aart Arijsz Schram (76), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Grant Atherstone (0)
• Anna de Sonnaville (70), Batavia

• 1857 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic († 1911)
• 1859 » Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1906)
• 1862 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright († 1931)
• 1863 » Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano († 1936)
• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)
• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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.

The temperature on May 15, 1874 was about 6.2 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.