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• Adrianus Leonardus Cornelis van Trier, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1925)
• Abraham Teeler, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1874)
• Anthonie Joziasse, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1962)
• Aalbert Van Hell, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Anne Louise Elise Faro, Rotterdam († 1929)
• Josephus Baert, Belsele (B) († 1954)
• Albertus Johannes Letterie, den haag († 1875)
• Angela CAMPAGNA, Trapani,91100,Trapani,Sicile,ITALIE († 1964)
• Abelina Datema, Noordlaren († 1931)
• Anna Frederika Groenewegen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Catharina Vingerhoeds (63), Poortugaal
• Barthold Jan Versfelt (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Boele Veenstra (0), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca VAN DEN BERGH (33), Londerzeel,1840,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arnolda Smits (64), Helmond
• Catharina Agnes Peters (40), Afferden, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Matthijs Abraham Susan (30)
• Antje Hendriks Steenstra (75), Franeker,Gemeente Franekeradeel,Friesland,Nederland
• Anna (Johanna) Maria Meyers (63), Hergenrath
• Allegonda Judith Lelieveld (62), Zevenaar, Nederland

• 1866 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer († 1939)
• 1868 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist († 1938)
• 1870 » Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director († 1926)
• 1873 » Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist († 1938)
• 1879 » Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal († 1970)
• 1880 » Ludwig Beck, German general († 1944)
• 1881 » Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist († 1959)
• 1881 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent († 1929)
• 1882 » Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour († 1947)
• 1882 » Henry Hawtrey, English runner († 1961)

• 1852 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1855 » John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
• 1860 » Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
• 1861 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
• 1873 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1875 » Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
• 1895 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Volanakis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)

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.
• 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 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on June 29, 1874 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.