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• Albertus Peppinck, Velp († 1940)
• Aaltje Smit, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1953)
• Adrianus Rijvers, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• , Schijndel, Netherlands († 1957)
• * Cornelia de Jong, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Aaltje Huistra, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1901)
• Andrew Black, Cupar,Fife,Scotland
• Adriaan Jongepier, Meliskerke († 1875)
• Adrianus Johannes van Leeuwen, Leimuiden († 1874)
• Aaltje Ienes Huistra, Grootegast († 1901)

• Bernardus Johannes Derks VRIELING (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van Wijlen (72), Aalburg
• Arie de Groot (55), Nieuwerkerk aan de Ijssel
• Antje Lubberts Braaksma (61), Hantumhuizen, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Johannes Albertus (2) Baars (0), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Adrianus Van den Broeck (18), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Casper Frederick Rudolf OCKERSE (73), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Vierhuizen (78), Doornspijk
• Bernadus Franciscus Hofmeijer (1), Silvolde (Wisch)
• Albert Ernst Ronkes Agerbeek (1), Batavia, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië

• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)

• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)

• 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.
• 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 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.
• November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
• 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 February 19, 1874 was about 3.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.