About the day » Saturday April 25, 1874Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes van der Velden, Sint Michielsgestel († 1955)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Pappelendam, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1911)
• Adeline Marie Hermine RUFFIN, Merckeghem (FRA)
• Frederik Harmens van der Schuit, Gaasterland
• Abraham Helmers, Groningen († 1935)
• de Nijs, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Velden, St-Michielsgestel, NL († 1955)
• Adriana (Jane) Ver Dught, Sand Ridge, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Haksteege, Wageningen († 1874)
• Aagje den Boer, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)

• Alida de Wit (44), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (onbekend) Haksteege (0), Wageningen
• Adrianus van der Leeuw (72), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Ingewaarde (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje(n) (Jans) van de(n) Belt Berg (74), Hoornerveen (Heerde)
• Schonewille (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Anna Stoffers (Lambert Egberts Doldersum) Schonewille (62), Nieuweroord, Gemeente Westerbork, Drente, Nederland
• Andreas Van HALTEREN (61), Veenhuizen
• Adrianus van der Leeuw (72), Rotterdam
• Aaltje van den Belt (76), Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen)

• 1868 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer († 1910)
• 1871 » Lorne Currie, French-English sailor († 1926)
• 1872 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories († 1962)
• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)
• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)
• 1882 » Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer († 1976)

• 1840 » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)

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 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 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 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.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

The temperature on April 25, 1874 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.