About the day » Thursday November 5, 1874Calender converter

• Anna Esperantia Dugardin, Oostende
• Andries Anthonij Bindels, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Anna Beumer, Uithoorn
• Albert Gritter, Ruinerwold (Dijkhuizen) († 1926)
• Anna Douwes van der Velde, smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• AARTJE VAN BIJSTEREN, Harderwijk († 1879)
• van der Straten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1874)
• Aaltje Rebel, Huizen († 1952)
• Andries Anthonij Bindels, Brielle († 1875)
• Albertus Gerardus Kuulkers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)

• Adriaan van Mier (86), Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Gertsen (88), Huissen
• van der Straten (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Doorn (44), IJsselstein
• Albert LAMMERS (79), Oudemolen (Vries), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Christina Cloek (76), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kis de Timafalva (48), Cristuru Secuiesc, Roumanie
• Antje de Groot (53), Hazerswoude
• Anna Maria Jansdr. Riesewijk (37), Steenwijkerland, Steenwijkerwold, OV, Nederland
• antje de groot (53), hazerswoude (zuid holland)

• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

The temperature on November 5, 1874 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.