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• Alida Been, Alkemade, Nederland († 1960)
• Albert Timmer, Buinerveen, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1904)
• Alida de Jong, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Albertus Rast, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1947)
• Agnes Speyer, Bielefeld, Westfalia († 1944)
• Albert Timmer, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1904)
• Alberta Maria BROEKMAN, Malden, 6580, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alida Been, Alkemade († 1960)
• Alberdina Lieben, Wildervank († 1949)
• Adriana Johanna Bakker, Amersfoort († 1956)

• Aaltien Kraal (70), Coevorden
• Ariaantje Broere (73), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius BROEKHOF (37), Voorst
• Antoni Ruesink (65), Breedenbroek(Gendringen)
• Annetje van Vulperhorst, Loosdrecht
• Arie Slobbe (4), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Ruesink (65), Breedenbroek (Gendringen)
• Antoine Joseph Bolle (47), Nassogne, België
• Adrianus van Ewijk (51), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltien Harms Kraal (70), Coevorden

• 1863 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary († 1942)
• 1863 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect († 1920)
• 1864 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author († 1916)
• 1874 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet († 1938)
• 1877 » Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1879 » Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar († 1962)
• 1880 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire († 1968)
• 1882 » Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler († 1964)
• 1882 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor († 1977)
• 1884 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician († 1937)

• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)

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.
• 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.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 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 April 18, 1874 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.