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• Alfons Sieben, Sichem († 1926)
• Antje Kooijman, Wieringen († 1899)
• Aaltje Johannes VAN DER KAAP, Onstwedde Groningen Netherlands († 1954)
• Anthonia de Jonge, Oud-Vossemeer (Z) († 1945)
• Aiko Antuma, Obergum (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1874)
• Aaltje de Boer, Nieuwleusen
• Aart Arkenbout, Nieuw Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alida Cornelia van der Velde, Wassenaar († 1874)
• Alfons Sieben, Zichem († 1926)
• Agnes Antonia Maria Kuiten, Oss

• Antje Willemijntje Dekker (0), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Jochemsz Van Der Hout (88), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antoni (Anthonij, Anthonie) Molhoek (71), Goes
• Anna Maria Schulte (46), Fresenburg, Lathen
• Arendje Busser (58), Ede, Gemeente Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalbert Hartgers (68), Doetinchem
• Adriana Geers (0), Boskoop
• Abraham Jochhemsz van der Hout (89), 's-Gravenzande
• Abraham Van Der Hout (89), 's-Gravenzande
• Abraham van der Hout (210) (88), 's-Gravenzande

• 1857 » Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue († 1935)
• 1859 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 († 1935)
• 1862 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge († 1946)
• 1867 » Charles Henry Turner, American biologist, educator and zoologist († 1923)
• 1872 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, († 1946)
• 1878 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1943)
• 1887 » Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet († 1914)
• 1889 » Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic († 1977)
• 1889 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter († 1968)

• 1813 » Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)
• 1820 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)
• 1832 » George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
• 1862 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)

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

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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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 3, 1874 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.