About the day » Sunday January 4, 1874Calender converter

• Andries Breure, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1874)
• Anna de Lange, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adelaïde De Spiegeleer, Hillegem-Herzele (Akte 1 pagina 263 van GAD 1255)
• Anna Maria Gudula Evers, Roermond († 1930)
• ? Fokkens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1874)
• Aaltje Hofman, Klein Garnwerd (Ezinge)Gem.Winsum († 1877)
• Anna Alberts Bootsma, Boornbergum († 1965)
• Alida Johanna Frederika Staal, ........ († 1951)
• Alberdina Tiel Kamerman van geb Krielaart, Gorinchem, ZH, Nederland († 1875)
• Anna Bootsma, Boornbergum (Smallingerland), Nederland († 1965)

• Anna Maria Vits (2), Tielt-bij-Aarchot, Brabant, Belgie
• Adriana SCHRAM (47), Sliedrecht
• Adriana Groenewege (80), Zierikzee
• Adriana Klazina Boelee (2), Rotterdam
• Anna Engel Deppen (82), Schapen
• ? Fokkens (0), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Sophia Bodemeijer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aloysius Josephus Heirbaut (0), BELSELE
• * Martha Baars (5), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, NL
• Adriana Cornelia van Tilburg, Roosendaal

• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)

• 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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

The temperature on January 4, 1874 was about 3.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.