About the day » Thursday August 13, 1874Calender converter

• Adriana van den Berg, Overschie († 1920)
• Albertus Mullens, Sneek († 1876)
• Adriana Anthonisse, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana Anna Alida Schouten, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 1941)
• Anita Maduro, Aruba († 1875)
• Aaltje Staverman, Den Huizen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana Anna van Loon, Made &Drimmelen († 1958)
• Adriaantje Vermeer, Schipluiden († 1874)
• Adriana Hendrikse, Westkapelle († 1876)
• Anna van Veen, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands

• Antonius Adrianus Maria van der Ven (1), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Vanderbruggen (49), Loksbergen, Limburg, België
• Adriana Aaldijk (41), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Gelder(en) (80), Rossum
• Antonius J van Helderen (4), gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant
• Adriana Gautier (0), Streefkerk
• Anna Smit (0), Zwijndrecht
• Cornelia van Gelder (80), Rossum
• Anna Clara MERKELBACH (83), Heerlen, Hollande
• Adriaan Molenaar (26), zaandam

• 1860 » Annie Oakley, American target shooter († 1926)
• 1866 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A († 1945)
• 1867 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator († 1933)
• 1872 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1942)
• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor († 1975)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)
• 1889 » Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal († 1958)
• 1895 » István Barta, Hungarian water polo player († 1948)

• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)

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. Gerardus

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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 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.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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 August 13, 1874 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.