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• Achiel Cyrile Hoornaert, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1967)
• Adrienne Alice AMBLETON, Barentin,76360,Seine-Maritime,Haute-Normandie,FRANCE († 1964)
• Jaaike Boonstra, Idaarderadeel († 1875)
• Aaltje Wiedemeijer, Ransdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje BOBELDIJK, Sint Maarten, NH, Nederland († 1907)
• * Teuntje Adriana Tempelman, Gouda († 1933)
• Abraham Koning, Finsterwolde († 1874)
• Abraham van de Graaf, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland († 1874)
• Aleida Johanna Klop, Borne,Gemeente Borne,Overijssel,Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus Bos, Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Denissen (56), Oisterwijk
• Anna Maria Gesina Bekel (74), Avereest
• Adrianus Adriaan van der Aa (78), Hooge en Lage Mierde, Nederland
• Aaltjen Jacobs Edelenbosch (73), Vollenhove, Nederland
• Annetje (Annigje) Hardeman (64), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham Brand (61), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltjen Edelenbos (73), Stad Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland
• Amélie Anne Antoinette Ayral du Bourg (79)
• ? ? (68)
• Aafje Warning (57), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands

• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 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.
• 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 28, 1874 was about 5.6 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.