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• Anna Maria Corneelissen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Roon, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alexandre Gommaire DEGROOTE, Brussel (B) († 1896)
• Alexander Hendrik Willem Goldstein, Lochem
• Adriana Buzink, Culemborg († 1874)
• Anna Catharina Vernooij, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Afina Catriena FRISO, Grijpskerk Groningen Netherlands († 1939)
• Albert Nevels, Coevorden
• Aaltje Ruimerman, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1935)
• Alida Bloos, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Albert Bakker (29), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Rooymans (48), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloys Desmyter (11), Klerken
• * Reinier Gerardus van Kersbergen (58), Gouda
• Aaltje Thomas van der Veen (75), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Paulus van de Sande (0), Tilburg, the Netherlands
• Arend van Assen (72), Maassluis (Maassluis), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Blom (0), Warmond, Nederland
• Antonius Casparus Akveld (3), Rotterdam
• Arie Willem van den Berg (0), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)

• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 4, 1874 was about 4.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.