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• Adriana van der Kooij, Schiedam,Gemeente Schiedam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1875)
• aaltje BAKKER, nes. ameland
• Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus van Hoek, Gilze en Rijen († 1929)
• ALBERT BRAAM, SLEEN († 1954)
• Aaltje Bakker, Ameland († 1945)
• Albert Sjoerds van der Meer, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1874)
• Albert Juliaan Roosen, Temse
• Adrianus Leonardus Arnoldus Maas, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 1944)
• Adriana van Duijn, Katwijk († 1964)
• Anna Elisabeth Meijer, Amsterdam († 1928)

• Stegeman (0), Hellendoorn
• Anna Maria Brounen (0), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Theresa Van Kauteren (82), Antwerpen
• Anthonia Aartsdr. in't Veld (61), Klaaswaal
• Anthonia Aartsdr in 't Veld (61), Klaaswaal
• anthonia in't VELD (61), klaaswaal
• Alexander ZU SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN (72), Wittgenstein
• Anthonia in 't VELD (61), Klaaswaal
• Anna Catharina VERHOEVEN (78), Kasterlee, 2460, Antwerpen, België
• Anne Catherine Rigo, Momalle, Province de Liège, Belgique

• 1867 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic († 1953)
• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)
• 1884 » Clement Smoot, American golfer († 1963)

• 1836 » William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.

The temperature on April 7, 1874 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.