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• Alida Cornelia Kooiman, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Cats, Oostellingwerf
• Aaltje van der Vlugt, Drachten († 1940)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Dijk, Waddinxveen (Zuid-Holland), Wijk E, Huis nr. 37, om 1.00 uur († 1940)
• Aaltje Schutmaat, Holtheme († 1891)
• Adrianus Kuunders, Bakel en Milheeze († 1958)
• Aaltje Johanna Van Wering, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Rijgersberg, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Alida BAKKER, Oudkarspel († 1960)
• Aaltje Fraaij, Westzaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)

• Abraham Bouw (67)
• "Geertruda" Geertruide Geertruide (61), Esch, NL
• Anna Elisabeth Blokhuis (35), Amersfoort
• Antje Pieters Arends (71), Avereest
• Arie Goed (56), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Hermans (69), Maasbree
• Aartje van Lambalgen (42), Baarn
• Abraham Anthonie Hoeijenbos (0), Ameide, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van der Weijden (0), Doorwerth
• Antje Rinderts Altgra (33), Waaxens, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1864 » Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee († 1947)
• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)
• 1887 » George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic († 1985)

• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

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.
• 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.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on December 13, 1874 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.