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• Andries Klazes Andrae, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1938)
• Albertus Nijs, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Adriaan van Driel, Oss
• Andries Andrae, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltien OLDENGARM, Emmen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND, Zuidbarge († 1920)
• Albertus Nijs, Schiedam († 1959)
• Adriana Maria de Bruijn, Wouw
• Albert Abeln, Aschendorf
• Adriana Bernaards, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Maria de Bruijn, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Amelie Fuselier (61), Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, United States
• Anna Cornelia van Maasbommel (1), Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Beatrix de Weijer (84), Utrecht
• Aaltje Molenaar (24), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Anker (80), Tiel
• Alexander Hiltz, Jr (38), Fraxville, New Ross, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Catharina (Gerarda) Zoutenbier (87), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ankje Laverman (2), Opeinde, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Koppelman (39), Oud-Beijerland
• Adrien Schroven (68), Veerle, België

• 1866 » Butch Cassidy, American criminal († 1908)
• 1872 » Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author († 1945)
• 1872 » John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1873 » John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General († 1955)
• 1875 » Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior († 1949)
• 1879 » Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter († 1943)
• 1879 » Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator († 1940)
• 1880 » Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company († 1955)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)

• 1853 » James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
• 1853 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1855 » Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)

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

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.
• February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• 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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 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.

The temperature on April 13, 1874 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.