About the day » Monday March 16, 1874Calender converter

• Hilverda, Simon, Franekeradeel
• Adriana Bandsma, Zwolle († 1948)
• Alida Cornelia Post, Hof van Delft
• Adéle Remmery, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1973)
• Aafje Kerssens, Krommenie († 1912)
• Aafje Kerssens, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adrianus Plomp, Zegveld
• Anna Kokkelkoren, Haarlem († 1940)
• Aafje Bakker, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Klencke, Oenigstedt, Nedersaksen († 1958)

• Aaltje Doek (38), Schoonoord(Sleen)
• Aafje Boots (26), Avenhorn, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Frederiksz Vos (0), Utrecht
• Alida Stevenhagen (51), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt van 't Ende (1), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allardje Dirks (Allertje, Albertje) Vallinga (83), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Hofman (7), Beekbergen
• Ann Stockley (59)
• Braet (0), Tielt
• anna catherine HAUZEUR (1), Mons,Hainaut (Belgium)

• 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)
• 1877 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer († 1972)
• 1878 » Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal († 1946)
• 1878 » Paul Jouve, French painter († 1973)
• 1881 » Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer († 1947)
• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)

• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)

• 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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 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.
• 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 March 16, 1874 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.