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• Antje Visser, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Barwoutswaarder,Gemeente Woerden,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriana Elisabeth Spanjersberg, Delft
• Adrianus Antonius Spijkers, Tilburg, Nederland († 1874)
• Adolphine Jeanne Julie SIRONVAL, Herve, 4650, Liège, Belgique († 1874)
• Aafje Floris x, Obdam, Koggenland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Angelique Marie Josephe BIJVOET, Hamont, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1927)
• Aalbert Hertog, Moerkapelle, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus STEVENS, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Maria Helena Hogers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1877)

• Andries Turksma (38), Zevenhoven, gem. Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Leeuwen (82), Langbroek
• Adrianus Rozenboom (3), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Bink (78), Leiden
• Andries Turksema (38), Leek, Nederland
• Alida Boerman (0), Alkemade
• Aagtje ABELS (81), Grootegast, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Verspeek, Vught
• Adriana Kalfs (77), Groessen (Duiven), Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andreas Niks (43), Drouwenermond

• 1865 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress († 1944)
• 1870 » Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer († 1894)
• 1873 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)

• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)

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 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• 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.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 20, 1874 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.