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• Adriaantje REEDIJK, Strijen
• Alida van de Bilt, Diemen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1874)
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• Antonius Jacobus de Vos, Steenbergen († 1944)
• Aaltje Peters, Veenoord, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1961)
• Amandus De Weerdt, Nederename,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Margaretha Cornelia Hermans, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes de Joode, Woudrichem (Br.) († 1874)
• Adolph BLIESNER, Queensland, Australia († 1939)
• Anna Gerarda Antonia Teunisse, Amsterdam

• Anneke Kentie (6), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Abby Baker (76), New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Anna Warendorp van (42), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
• Adeline Marie Emmanuelle VANDENBERGHE (33), Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, 21012, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anthonia Maria van der Zon (46), Rotterdam
• Antonia Maria van der Zon (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Van WARENDORP (51), 's-Gravendeel
• Antonia Wilhelmina Wensink (40), Brummen, Gld, Nederland
• Antje Wilner (10), Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Age Koert (31), Sloten (N-H)

• 1866 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist († 1952)
• 1867 » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American director and producer († 1932)
• 1869 » David Robertson, Scottish-English golfer and rugby player († 1937)
• 1874 » Alfred Tysoe, English runner († 1901)
• 1876 » Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1877 » Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot († 1964)
• 1878 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect († 1944)
• 1880 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer († 1971)
• 1880 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic († 1966)
• 1882 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician († 1963)

• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)

• 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 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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 March 21, 1874 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.