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• Adriaan Dieleman, Terneuzen († 1957)
• Adrianus Rigardus Antonius Castelijns, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Aagtje Brander, Hoogkarspel († 1878)
• Adelia Peeters, Langdorp
• Adrianus Rigardus Antonius Castelijns, roosendaal (noord brabant) († 1956)
• Albert Bronder, Barsingerhorn, Nederland († 1945)
• Albertina Schroven, Olen, België († 1918)
• * Arigje Teuntje van Wijk, Langerak († 1925)
• Adriaan Cijsouw, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1944)
• Alida Wilhelmina Ruijtenberg, Waspik,Noord-Brabant,Niederlande († 1917)

• Ardien Simonis Smits (89), Lithoijen, Oss,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Henrica Reijers (0), Beek (Monferland)
• Ardina SMITS (89), Lithoijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• - Loendersloot (0), Moordrecht
• Adrianus Groesen van (0), Terheijden
• Anthonia Hendrika Johanna de Zoete (1), Delft(ZH)
• Aartje Koestapel (5), Putten
• Aaltje Kamp (0), Paasloo gem. Oldemarkt
• Aaltje Kamp (0), Paasloo
• Andreas Henricus Geerts (51), Brecht, Belgium

• 1859 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel († 1896)
• 1860 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 1954)
• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)

• 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)

• 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 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 February 14, 1874 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.