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• Antonia Barta de Ridder, Bunnik († 1912)
• Amelia A. Mooney, London St Anns, London, Middlesex, England
• Albertus Willem Nottelman, Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Albert Ruumpol, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Antje Snooij, Oud Gest († 1930)
• Anna Maria Severens, Nuth († 1928)
• Antonia Barta de Ridder, Bunnik († 1912)
• Andle Jans Meintema, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Catharina Maria Gebing, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Andle Jans Meintema, Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1899)

• Angelina (Engelina) Adriaen Couwenberg (60), Tilburg Nederland
• Antje Harmensd Dekker (69), Den Burg (Texel), Noord Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Serneels (65), Tongerlo
• Charles Jean Emile du Puy de Montbrun (26), Atjeh
• Arend Jan Wilbers (84), Laren (Lochem)
• Aaltina Pieternella Louwina Jantina SIKKEMA (3), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Wilhelmina Kraan (0), Zeist
• Antje Dekker (69), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Anna Elisabeth Horemans‏ (71), Turnhout, België
• Alida Mans (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1870 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1870 » Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet († 1945)
• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)
• 1878 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1967)
• 1881 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1881 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist († 1908)
• 1882 » Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator († 1953)
• 1882 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator († 1945)

• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)

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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• 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.
• 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 22, 1874 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.