About the day » Saturday June 20, 1874Calender converter

• Adele Herding, Bocholt,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Anna Maria Notterman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Albertus Harms Jalvingh, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Wilhelmina Snoeck, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Ooms, Dessel, België († 1940)
• Amanda W. E. Braack, Fort Calhoun, Washington, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Adrianus Wouters, Oerle
• Adriana Petronella de Gilde, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hart, Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alberthus van de Kuil, Maartensdijk, Nederland

• Casper Beun (62), Vledder
• Adriaantje Smit (2), Middelharnis 41
• Aafje Roelofs Buitenga (64), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Cecilia LEFEBRE (70), Wervik Belgie
• Adriaan van Abeelen (9), Berkel-Enschot
• Carol Deroye (18), Klerken
• Aagje HILLE (1), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Dijk (66), Uden, Noord Brabant, Holland, Netherlands
• Caper Beun (62), Weststellingwerf
• Alice Osborne*** (21)

• 1865 » George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician († 1939)
• 1866 » James Burns, English cricketer († 1957)
• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)
• 1875 » Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic († 1967)
• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)

• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)

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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

The temperature on June 20, 1874 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.