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• Aaltje Akkerman, Alkmaar († 1921)
• Adriana BOOGAARD, Oostkapelle,Gemeente Veere,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Adriaan Mol, St. Philipsland († 1942)
• Adrianus Hertogh, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Aagje Muije, Nieuwe Tonge († 1874)
• Amelia Rosalia Louisa Bosschart, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1935)
• Andreas Hubertus Steffani, Herten († 1897)
• Agnes Catharina Neuzerling, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Simonis, den haag († 1878)
• Heinsbroek, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)

• Anna Maria Stokman (7), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Catharina Linssen (76), Blerick
• Adriana Elisabeth Heij (13), Reeuwijk
• Catharina Johanna de Raaij (35), Schiedam
• Christina VENINK (71), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Varsseveld
• Adélaide Van Rechem (33), Menen,8930,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Artje van Leeuwen, Est (Est en Opijnen)
• Charles Philippe Maes (65), Dentergem
• Cornelia Schild (80), Sliedrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
• Annechijn Jans LOER (78), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)
• 1881 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

• 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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 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 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.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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.

The temperature on May 1, 1874 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.