About the day » Tuesday May 5, 1874Calender converter

• Aleida Hagendoorn, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1875)
• Allegonda van Ham, Oosterhout († 1908)
• Schwieters, Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1874)
• Favier, Leiden († 1874)
• ANDREAS THEODORUS MOSTERT, RIJSWIJK († 1874)
• Alberdina Deodatha Haarman, Niebert († 1875)
• Abraham Willem van Wijland, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1874)
• Abraham van Dijke, Vlissingen
• Alida Geertruida van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Verburg, Nieuwkoop († 1926)

• Andries Holleman (79), Oud-Beijerland
• Alida van den Oever (1), haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje Cornelisen Grootjen (83), Kampen
• Alberdina Geurds Hartelaar (50), Apeldoorn
• Aaltje Cornelisdochter GROOTJEN (83), Kampen (Overijssel)
• Albert Jan Valkeman (0), Langen (Lochem)
• Anna van Haren (68), Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Boutkan (31), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelissen Grootjen (83), Kampen, Nederland
• Alida van den Oever (1), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)

• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)

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 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.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

The temperature on May 5, 1874 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.