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• Aaltje Van Der Vliet, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alida van Ginkel, Amerongen († 1902)
• Rinskje Annes Tol, Twijzel, Achtkarpselen
• Adriaan van Markesteijn, Utrecht († 1875)
• Albert Benjamin Magee, Panola, Mississippi, United States († 1956)
• Demaerel, Watou, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1949)
• Adrianus Rotteveel, Lisse
• Adrianus Aarts, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana Baak
• Alida Dullaart, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel († 1904)

• (Gasparus) Lambertus VIELVOYE (89), 's Gravenvoeren, 73109, Tongeren, Belgique
• Aaltje den Held (29), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Adrianus de Vos, Jutphaas
• Antoon Hubertus Dreesen (2), Neeritter, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia van 't Gein (57), IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Johanna Persons, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Adolf Holland (32), Batavia
• Arie Gerrit van Velthuijzen (59), Utrecht (NL)
• Aaltje Voortman Bijster (60), Linde, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Diepenhorst (82), Ameide

• 1861 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar († 1927)
• 1861 » Richard Sears, American tennis player († 1943)
• 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)

• 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)

• 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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 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.
• 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 October 16, 1874 was about 18.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.