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• Anthonie de Bruijne, St. Philipsland
• Anna Wierda, Brantgum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vogels, Helmond Nederland († 1919)
• Antonius Hendricus Hubertus SCHRIJVERS, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Loenen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1957)
• Antonie Tijsze, Amsterdam
• Anthonius Nicolaas Komen, Haarlem
• Antonia Philomena Bamert, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands († 1928)
• Anna Lemmers, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1875)
• Anna Lemmers, Woerden († 1875)

• Adrianus van der Spek (56), 's Gravenhage
• Albert Willem Janssen (45), Eefde
• Arnoldus Van den Bergh (76), Retie, België
• Antony Libregts (19), Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarnoud Jan Beeck Calkoen, van (69), Utrecht
• Arend Aalbers (0), Renkum, Nederland
• Anna Belderink (68), Haaksbergen
• Agnes Magtilda Cornelia Joosten (0), Gouda, Netherlands
• * Pietje Lanser (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Catharina Habets (73), Gronsveld

• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• 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.
• 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 December 16, 1874 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.