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• Adrianus Grootswagers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Albertine Fideline Foulon, Oisy-le-Verger, 62860, Frankrijk
• Adriana Oskam († 1875)
• Abraham Viskoop, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• * Johannes Franciscus Stofregen, Scheveningen († 1940)
• Adriaan Josephus Sleegers, Alphen en Riel
• Adrianus Linden van der, Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Toren, Breda, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijl, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Aaltje Dirksdr Bijl, Enkhuizen

• Annigje Antonia van Rooden (3), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ennes Wynia (42), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wynia (42), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Braks (0), Escharen (N.Br.)
• Elisabeth Hiepkes Boukema (52), Tjamsweer
• Adrianus Boonzaaijer (2), Veenendaal
• Adrianus Schreuders (0), Nieuwaal
• Andries Hoogvliet
• Abram van der Vijver (58), Noordwijk, Nederland
• van Dinter (0), Megen

• 1862 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player († 1902)
• 1863 » Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer († 1935)
• 1865 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter († 1935)
• 1866 » Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian († 1945)
• 1867 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter († 1947)
• 1869 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast († 1942)
• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)
• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist († 1970)

• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)

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 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• 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.
• 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 3, 1874 was about 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.