About the day » Friday June 19, 1874Calender converter

• Albert Ottens, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allegonda van den Dungen, Empel en Meerwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Ottens, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Wijting, Lisse († 1956)
• Anne van der Molen, Burum, NL-FR
• Antje van der Vliet, De Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Anthonie van Estrik, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Fens, Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Kolthof, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alden Almarion Davenport, York, Macon Township, Lenawee County, Michigan († 1903)

• Annegien Meulman (45), Marsum
• Angela Kimmann (36), Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Catharina Teeken (45), Zoetermeer, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Charles jan Malmberg (0), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Annechien Meulman (45), Marsum, gem. Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina de Groot (41), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Monier (69), Tollembeek (Galmaarden), OVld, Be
• Aagje Koopman (75), Den Helder
• Adrianus Monster (27), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Haasteren (0), Leiderdorp

• 1865 » May Whitty, English actress († 1948)
• 1871 » Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician († 1932)
• 1872 » Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist († 1963)
• 1874 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer († 1941)
• 1876 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer († 1941)
• 1877 » Charles Coburn, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator († 1966)
• 1883 » Gladys Mills Phipps, American horse breeder († 1970)
• 1884 » Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian († 1974)
• 1886 » Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician († 1940)

• 1844 » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
• 1864 » Richard Heales, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Victoria (b. 1822)
• 1864 » Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, American soldier (b. 1843)
• 1865 » Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
• 1867 » Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
• 1867 » Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico, 1859-1860 (b. 1832)
• 1874 » Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (b. 1838)
• 1884 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)

• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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 June 19, 1874 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.