About the day » Tuesday December 29, 1874Calender converter

• Anne Nottelman, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Alouisa Cristina Catharina Maria Sormani, Groningen
• Aart van Es, Putten
• Albert Wesseldyk, Blendon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Aart v Es, Putten
• Anna Maria Alkemade, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Albelina (Lena) Damhof, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Alida Lammerdina Kersen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1954)
• Alfreda Gregor, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America († 1967)
• Anna Maria Hendriks, Ginneken en Bavel († 1918)

• Anna Maria de Lepper (71), Rosmalen
• Anna Helena Hirsch (75), Den Helder
• Anthonia Fonse (65), Zierikzee
• Albert Klaassens Koers (69), Vlagtwedde, Nederland
• Aleida Friederica Meijeringh (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Hilberink (0), Almelo
• Alida Adriana Mol (0), Stompwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Faro (56), 's Gravenmoer
• ANGELINA PAS (73), GELRODE
• Anthonia Fondse (65), Zierikzee gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL

• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
• 1859 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico († 1920)
• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)

• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)

• 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.
• 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 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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 December 29, 1874 was about -5.9 °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 95%.