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• Anna Catharina Mast, Mol († 1951)
• Ada Florence Johnson, Clinton, Michigan († 1959)
• Abraham Nicolaas MOERLAND, Sint Maartensdijk († 1948)
• Anna Maria Josepha Keulen, Brunssum, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Derks, Ottersum
• Adriaan Visser, de, Zwijndrecht, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1875)
• Anna Catharina Jongbloets, Tilburg, Nederland († 1953)
• Alphonsus Van den Neste, Gent Oost-Vlaanderen († 1875)
• Aafke Bakker, Grootegast
• Anna Johannes Buwalda, Witmarsum († 1942)

• Adriaan Huijsse (58), Delft
• Arnoldus Stomp (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina van den Bergh (46), Nieuwstadt, Niederlande
• Andries Jan van Zadel (0), Zandvoort
• Amelia Verdoodt (61)
• Anna Maria Roos (69), Warm
• Adrianus Stomp (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Christina van den Bergh (46), Nieuwstadt, Niederlande
• Ariaantje Bot (83), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Bieleman (44), Deventer

• 1857 » Alfonso XII of Spain († 1885)
• 1861 » Adina Emilia De Zavala, American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history († 1955)
• 1864 » James Allen, English author and poet († 1912)
• 1864 » Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War († 1932)
• 1866 » Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial († 1924)
• 1876 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer († 1946)
• 1880 » Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright († 1921)
• 1881 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist († 1942)
• 1887 » Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician († 1934)
• 1891 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician († 1949)

• 1852 » Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
• 1852 » Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
• 1870 » Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1873 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
• 1878 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)

• 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 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• 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 November 28, 1874 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.