About the day » Saturday May 2, 1874Calender converter

• Antje Offers, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Hache, Gelrode, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Agnes Smeets, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria Jonkman, Leimuiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Anna Elisabeth Sprenger, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Albert t'Serstevens, Stavelot, 4970, Liège, Belgium († 1913)
• Anna Petronella Koehorst, Haarlem († 1935)
• Andreas Pobst, New Hamburg, Scott, Missouri († 1947)
• van der Hek, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Wijnen, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)

• abraham stor (48), amsterdam
• Anna Maria Kuypers (26), Kozen, België
• Adriana Josina de Rouville (72), Gorinchem
• Antonie Brinkhof (7), Hengeveld (Wijhe)
• Aafje Lelieveld (0), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Antonia Julius, Vladsloo
• Anne Grenier (80), Capdrot,24540,Dordogne,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE
• Aafje Lelieveld (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pauls Schoffelmeer (76), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna (Johanna) Maria Fransen (Frans(s)en(s)) (12), Graauw en Langendam

• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)
• 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)

• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 2, 1874 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.