About the day » Monday May 4, 1874Calender converter

• Adriana Buzink, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1874)
• Aaltje Scholten, Dalerveen, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria Zengerink, Hengelo († 1874)
• Anna Maria van de Laar, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus Hertogh, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexandre Gommaire DEGROOTE, Brussel (B) († 1896)
• Alexander Hendrik Willem Goldstein, Lochem
• Alphonsius Leo Noppe, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1911)
• Anna Cornelia Mertens, Oorderen
• Anna Maria Corneelissen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Alexander Park (8), Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
• Arend van Assen (72), Maassluis
• Adrianus Dorland (51), Zandvoort
• Alida Johanna Blom (0), Warmond, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Catharine Cools (66), Retie, België
• Anna Maria Langenberg (57), Zutphen, Nederland
• Adriana Rooymans (48), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleijda Bergman (81), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Langenberg (57), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Gerrits Bakker (29), Meppel

• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)

• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• 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 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

The temperature on May 4, 1874 was about 4.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.