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• Aleida Geziena Hensen, (OV) Zwolle
• Abe de Groot, Heerenveen († 1959)
• Anthonie Willem Hessing, 's-Gravenhage († 1953)
• Adriana Maria Commenie, Schiedam,- († 1877)
• Aloys Verstraete, Woumen
• Andrieu, Schinveld, Niederlande († 1874)
• Antonia Maria Willemsen, Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna Geertrui Bouwer, amsterdam, Nederland († 1965)
• Anna Rogier, Rotterdam († 1921)
• Anna Bonefacia Krozendijk Croes, Arubase Antillen († 1966)

• Albartus EGGINK (86), Hummelo &, Keppel, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes de Vries (57), Noordhorn, Zuidhorn
• Berendina Wigchering (47)
• Adriana Helena van Veen (0), Delft, S. Holl., Neth
• Albartus Eggink (86), Hummelo
• Alida Maria Paulina Lombaers. (1), Tilburg NL
• Anna Neelis (1), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Koster (21), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Berend Woldhuis (0), Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Theodora van Rheden (1)

• 1868 » Sumner Paine, American target shooter († 1904)
• 1869 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer († 1944)
• 1877 » Robert Hamilton, Scottish international footballer († 1948)
• 1881 » Joe Forshaw, American runner († 1964)
• 1881 » Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author († 1922)
• 1882 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1883 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear († 1962)
• 1884 » Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (d.1944)
• 1885 » Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop († 1984)
• 1887 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist († 1951)

• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)

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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 May 13, 1874 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.