About the day » Saturday May 30, 1874Calender converter

• Dina Schel(Huijberts), Geffen († 1928)
• Aalbert van Roekel, Renkum,Renkum,Gelderland,Nederland († 1875)
• (Stillborn) PATROUILJE, Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1874)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Josephina Leijser, Zutphen († 1940)
• Albert Veldhuizen, ooststellingerwerf († 1917)
• Anna Marinissen, Biggekerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1892)
• Aaltje Veen, Groningen
• Aaltje Veen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Mansfield Renshaw, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Albert Veldhuizen, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland (Nederland) († 1917)

• Anna Francisca Van Hoecke, Waasmunster, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Anna Maria Voets (41), Balen, België
• Adriaan Pietersz de Boer (32), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Anna Maria Angela Büppen (83), Wesuwe, Haren
• Anna Cornelia Van Aert (78), Etten-Leur (Nl)
• Adrianus van Leerdam (2), Asperen
• (Stillborn) PATROUILJE (0), Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Aleijda (Aleida) Ribbink (72), Winterswijk
• Ann Starkey (65)
• Alphonse Joseph Tuytten (0), Couckelaere

• 1869 » Grace Andrews, American mathematician († 1951)
• 1874 » Ernest Duchesne, French physician († 1912)
• 1875 » Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1879 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier († 1917)
• 1879 » Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic († 1975)
• 1881 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal († 1968)
• 1882 » Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player († 1930)
• 1884 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician († 1942)
• 1885 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist († 1942)

• 1829 » Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)
• 1832 » James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)

• 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 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• 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 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 30, 1874 was about 23.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.