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• ? van Maanen, Hoevelaken († 1874)
• Abraham Anthonie Augustijn, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anthonie Augustijn, Weststellingwerf († 1950)
• Achille BARDOUX, Versailles, 78646, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk († 1959)
• Albertina Matthisa Wijt, Salatiga, Semarang († 1924)
• Anna Catharina Adams IJsselstein, Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Donders, Tilburg († 1951)
• Anna Catharina Hermans, Maasbree, Limburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Anna Elisabeth, Jonkvrouw De Geer, Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1947)
• Adriana Robbe, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)

• Adriaantje Leeuwenburgh (0), Heinenoord
• Sierk Hylkes Plantinga (51), Bolsward
• * Johann Friedrich Banscheck (41), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Adriana Cornelia Halteren, van (75), Veenklooster
• Asseldina Winters (73), Deventer
• Adriana van KLAVEREN (0), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Selleger (36), Deli, Sumatra, Sumatera Barat, Indonesië
• Adrianus Johannes van Leeuwen (0), Leimuiden
• Alexander Spaen (86), Bemmel
• Anna Gesina Gebbeken (76), Nw.Amsterdam

• 1867 » Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright († 1931)
• 1868 » Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1875 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer († 1942)
• 1876 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author († 1945)
• 1876 » William Stanier, English engineer († 1965)
• 1878 » Anna Cervin, Swedish artist († 1972)
• 1879 » Hans Lammers, German judge and politician († 1962)
• 1879 » Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter († 1971)

• 1831 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)

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 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 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.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 May 27, 1874 was about 21.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 36%.