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• Aaltje Nicola, Steenwijkerwold († 1936)
• Andrew Black, Cupar,Fife,Scotland
• Doorneweerd, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vos, Steenwijk
• Aaltje Nicola, Steenwijkerwold
• Roelofje Mol, avereest
• Albertus Peppinck, Velp († 1940)
• Alijda Alberta Iesberts, Haarlem († 1880)
• Albertus Peppinck, Velp († 1940)
• Anna Bossman, Grundy County, Iowa († 1896)

• Caspar Heinrich KIEL (54), Löhne, Herford, Detmold, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antje Vierhuizen (78), Doornspijk
• Doorneweerd (0), Oldebroek (GL)
• Albert Ernst Ronkes Agerbeek (1), Batavia, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Nistelrode
• Casper Frederick Rudolf OCKERSE (73), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Casper Frederik Rudolph Adolph Ockerse (73), Arnhem
• Casper Frederik Rudolph Ockerse (73), Arnhem
• Adrianus Van den Broeck (18), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Annetje (Antje) Vierhuizen (78), Doornspijk

• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)

• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)

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.
• 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.
• 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 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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 February 19, 1874 was about 3.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.