About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1874Calender converter

• SIKKES, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Adriana Sas, Hoogland († 1876)
• Adriaan Rademakers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Anthonia Bijleveld, Rotterdam († 1916)
• Alois Emanuel Zupancic, Laak, Oostenrijk († 1921)
• Adriana Lutuijn, Kapelle
• Anna,Catharina Van Dingenen, Geel-Elsum
• Aaltje van der Laan, Eexta, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Sipkes Wychers, Grijpskerk († 1948)
• Adriana VOGELS, Oirschot, 4059, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arie Leendert Hogervorst (0), Sliedrecht
• Anne Marie Emino, Emoneau (85), Upper La Have, N.S
• Arie Van Dijk (0), Katwijk aan Zee
• Annechina Jantina Jurmia Voortman (7), Akkers
• Aldert Dam (57), Loppersum
• Arend Kornelis de Boer (79), Nieuwe Compagnie, Nederland
• Albertus Muntinghe Cleveringa (65), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• SIKKES (0), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie van Esseveld
• Plomp (0), Vrijenban

• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)

• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)

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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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.
• November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
• December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

The temperature on June 17, 1874 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.