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• Alberic PAGE, Nethen
• Albertus Stein, Steenderen († 1958)
• Albert Viergever († 1943)
• Adriana Cornelia Tabak, Zevenbergen († 1911)
• Antje Bosman, Ermelo († 1876)
• Albert Viergever, Kerkwerve (Gem. Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1943)
• Albertus Stolk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amedée Joseph SNAUWAERT, Sint-Kruis,8310,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1955)
• Albertus Stolk, Rotterdam Z.H († 1941)
• Amedée, Joseph Snauwaert, Brugge Sint-Kruis

• Andreas Swinkels (64), Someren, The Netherlands
• Aldert de Vries (64), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha SLUIS (0), Hekendorp, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annegien Kats (82), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechien Lammerts Kat(s) (82), Hollandscheveld
• Anne Maria LESLIE-MELVILLE (47), Keir, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
• Annechien Kat (82), Hollandscheveld (Gem.Hoogeveen)
• Anna Margaretha Bulderbeek (65), Zutphen
• Anje Dijkema (28), Losdorp (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Annechien Lammerts Kats (82), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)
• 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
• 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
• 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)

• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Wilhelmus
16. Leendert

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 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• 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 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.
• 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 December 8, 1874 was about 6.7 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.