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• Aaltje Faber, Drachten († 1953)
• Anna Catharina Vreugdenhil, Haarlem, Nederland († 1875)
• Alberic Willem, Ardooie (B)
• Aafje Lunshof, Hoogeveen († 1879)
• Alexander Martinus van der Linde, Bojolali, Soerakarta
• Albert Zantingh, Hoogeveen nederland († 1924)
• Anna van der Borden, Vlaardingen
• Andrina van Tuijl, Lopik, Nederland
• Jan Kelder, Dedemsvaart († 1945)
• Adriana Immerzeel, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)

• Alberdina Levers (35), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van Tilburg (82), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Kamp (55), Kapellen, Nord Rhein Wesfalen, Deutschland
• Aaldert HAGEDOORN (53), Meppel
• Aaltje Werkman (27), Oosterwijtwerd gem. 't Zandt
• Anna Maria Wetzels (32), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alva Chesebro (1870), or near Deansboro, Oneida County, NY at age 70 years
• Andries de Graaff (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• 00 Gerrit Davidsz van Looijen (69), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alida van Oostrum (33), Laag-Nieuwkoop

• 1864 » Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter († 1943)
• 1875 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer († 1956)
• 1876 » Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer († 1958)
• 1876 » Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes († 1932)
• 1880 » Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author († 1903)
• 1881 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy († 1954)
• 1882 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop († 1952)
• 1883 » Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)

• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)

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 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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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 April 3, 1874 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.