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• Anna Catharina Kalkman, Rotterdam
• Adriana Terneuse, Snelrewaard, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)
• Bartha Cornelia TAP, Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland († 1951)
• Berend Broersma, Garsthuizen gem. Stedum († 1874)
• Adriana Terneuse, Snelrewaard († 1945)
• Anna Maria Santjer, Stapelmoorerheide, Weener, Duitsland († 1952)
• DOORNINK, Aalten, Gelderland, NL († 1874)
• Aaltje Ruiter, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Johanna SPOOR, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1951)
• Adrianus Nieuwlaat, Essen († 1955)

• Anna van Zijl (74), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje SPAANDER (74), Beets, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna_Barbara Gardijn (79), Amsterdam
• Adriana Gaillard (1), Schoonhoven
• André Brevoort (8), Amersfoort
• Albert Jan Willemsen Minkjan (36), Eerde (Ommen)
• Arent Arend Vriezen (72), Westendorp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ankje Tjipkes Douma (73), Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha de Surmont de Bas (84), Amsterdam
• Adolf Lodewijk Pabst (89), DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

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.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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.
• 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 May 22, 1874 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.