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• Wijngaarden, Hindelopen
• Anna Maria Lemmens, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Clemens, Lenneplätze,Altastenberg, Kreis Brilon
• Anna Maria Trimp, Boskoop († 1875)
• Antonius Adrianus Josephus van Kinderen, Klundert († 1936)
• Alexander Milton Barr, Northern Ireland, UK († 1960)
• Amos Lowe
• Anna Oberbach, Germany († 1946)
• Ariën Antonie Hoeflake, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Abraham Poldervaart, Vierpolders († 1875)

• Clemens Adamus Hubertus Broers (0), Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Witjes (1), Arnhem
• Apolonia Leeflang (70), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bakker (0), Alblasserdam
• Dirk Jozef RAAFF (22), Surabaya, Oost-Java, Indonesië
• Claas Jan de Vries (65), Den Haag
• Antonet van der Schoot (0), Schijndel
• Berend Sulman * Nieuwe Pekela (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Cornelia WICKER (80), Isle La Motte Grand Isle County Vermont U.S.A
• Antonia Moerer (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1860 » Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant († 1932)
• 1861 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt († 1936)
• 1861 » John Peltz, American baseball player and manager († 1906)
• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)

• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

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.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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.
• 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 23, 1874 was about 19.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.