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• Adriana Catrina van de Riet, Amersfoort († 1879)
• Anne Hendriks Ottema, Het Bildt († 1962)
• Amelia Bernhagen, Craynik Deutschland († 1937)
• Antonia Cornelia van Gelderen, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Anne HERINGA, Holwerd,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• Abram King, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Amanda Leora Foster, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Adriana de Bruijn, Vlaardingen († 1949)
• Aaltje Ruiter, Opperdoes († 1910)
• Anna Gerarda Elstgeest, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)

• Andreas Johannes Franssens (0), Graauw
• Anna Sophia van den Idsert (2), Alkmaar
• Antje Bosboom (1), Amersfoort, Nederland
• van Dijk, nijkerk
• Andries van Weelden (10), (GL) Haaften
• Antonius (Antony, Antonij) Tempelaars (75), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria Schreurs (77), Heer, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries van Weelden (10), HAAFTEN (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Anne Reindert Buwalda (0), Utrecht
• Berendina van Harn (29), Ede, Gelderland, NL

• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)
• 1885 » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

The temperature on January 2, 1874 was about 5.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.