About the day » Sunday June 7, 1874Calender converter
June 6, 1874Died on Sunday June 7, 1874
- Berentdina Ernestina Harmanna Polman Gruys (66), Paterswolde, Groningen, Nederland NL
- Adrianus Cornelis BRUIJNS (73), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
- Anton Godfried van der Bijl (7), Amsterdam
- Albert Jan Batterink (0), Besthmen
- Adrianus Bruijns (73), Etten-Leur, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bernardine Ernestine Harmanna Polman Gruijs (66), Paterswolde (Eelde)
- Aafje Elisabeth Nabbé (1), Edam
- Adrianus Hoogendijk (0), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Annetje Engelen Dekker (79), Egmond aan Zee
- Albert Jan Batterink (0), Besthmen (Ommen, Ambt)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 7, 1874 at Delpher
Born on June 7
- 1861 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist († 1942)
- 1862 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
- 1863 » Bones Ely, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
- 1868 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect († 1928)
- 1877 » Roelof Klein, Dutch-American rower and engineer († 1960)
- 1879 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic († 1963)
- 1879 » Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer († 1933)
- 1883 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and scholar († 1948)
- 1884 » Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect († 1931)
- 1886 » Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 († 1972)
Died on June 7
- 1840 » Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
- 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet (b. 1770)
- 1853 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787)
- 1854 » Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
- 1859 » David Cox, English painter (b. 1783)
- 1861 » Patrick Brontë, Anglo-Irish priest and author (b. 1777)
- 1863 » Antonio Valero de Bernabé, Latin American liberator (b. 1790)
- 1866 » Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (b. 1780)
- 1879 » William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist and academic (b. 1836)
- 1896 » Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
Names that were popular for boys in 1874
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Joseph
- Wilhelmus
- Franciscus
- Dirk
- Josephus
Names that were popular for girls in 1874
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Marie
- Geertruida
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1874
- 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.
- 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.
- March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
- August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- 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 weather on Sunday June 7, 1874
The temperature on June 7, 1874 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI