About the day » Thursday October 29, 1874Calender converter

• Aafke Gerbens de Graaf, Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)
• Annigje Jongedijk, Weststellingwerf († 1875)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Roodbol, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Lieuwes Miedema, mantgum († 1960)
• Annegien Kuiper
• Alexander Dijkhoffz, Hoorn Nederland († 1931)
• Abraham Wisse, Breskens, Zeeland, NL († 1883)
• "Georges" Marie Vignon, Lyon († 1952)
• Aaltje van der Wal, Zwolle († 1946)
• Aaltje Wacht, Nieuw-Buinen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1932)

• Benoit Coster (55), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Bennie E Todd (1), buried in Morgan, Upshur County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina Louise Christina Bronner (1), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne Saulier (61), Lamarche-sur-Saône, 21337, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
• Antonius Ross (65), Zevenaar
• Berendina GOOSSENS (76), Dale, Aalten, Gelderland, NL
• Annetje van der KROON Adr (33), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antje (Anna) van den Berg (38)
• Aaltje Plomp (31), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Simons (20), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1866 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)

• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)

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 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 October 29, 1874 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.