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• Adriana Petronella Maria Frietman, Utrecht († 1965)
• Adrianus van Geest, De Lier (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Andreas Wilhelm Otto Zange, Packebusch, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt († 1944)
• Andries Christoffel van der Byl Bosman b10c7d1e4f10 († 1876)
• Aartje van der Heijden, Buurmalsen, 4197, Nederland († 1959)
• Albertus Plooij, Soest († 1956)
• Alphonsus Theunis, Olmen, Belgium († 1933)
• Agnes Maria Deters, Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria KOOIJMAN, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Eggermont, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Anna Harms Wever (91), Westerlee (Scheemda)
• Adriana Elisabeth Adriaansen (20), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• de Jong (0), AEngwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Almira Ann Sullivan (32), Butler County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Pugh REES (62), Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Pieter Joannes van der ELST (2), Amsterdam
• Aagje Vleut (42), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cools (57), Retie (B), Antwerpen, België
• Anne Catherine Cools (57), Retie, België
• Anna Petronella Dam (67)

• 1861 » Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author († 1935)
• 1862 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1869 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager († 1928)
• 1875 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler († 1940)
• 1875 » William Donne, English cricketer and captain († 1942)
• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)
• 1891 » Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer († 1957)
• 1891 » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet († 1976)
• 1891 » Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa († 1958)
• 1896 » Johnny Golden, American golfer († 1936)

• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
• 1865 » A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 » Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 » Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)

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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• 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 April 2, 1874 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.