About the day » Wednesday July 1, 1874Calender converter

• Adriana Cornelia Van Loenen, (NH) Weesperkarspel
• Aafje Mul, Oude Niedorp († 1893)
• Anna Buurma, Oostwold gem. Midwolda († 1902)
• Andries van Weelden, Haaften, prov. Gelderland († 1920)
• Aartje Jans Klomp, Zeist, Utrecht, Nl
• ? ? († 1903)
• Alida Gerardina Nooij, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Antje Douma, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alma Lina Neumann, Eibau, Sachsen († 1957)
• Adrianus van Dijk, Volkel († 1938)

• Adrianus Hendrikus Kobus (71), Zevenhuizen (Leek-Westerkwartier), Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonina (Antonia, Antonina) (Amandia) Timmerman (Timmermans) (44), Kruiningen
• Anders Gustaf Svensson (18), S Runnäs, Södra Råda, Värmland
• Anne Catherine Quets (58), Retie, België
• Anna Maria Coppens (57), Berlicum, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Horstra (0), De Krim
• Adrianus Hindrukus Kobes (71), Zevenhuizen gem. Leek
• "Victor" Marie Joseph de Calonne (40), Tournai, Belgique
• ADRIANUS MOSTERT (1), MAASLAND
• Adrianus Mostert (1), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1869 » William Strunk Jr., American author and educator († 1946)
• 1872 » Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer († 1936)
• 1872 » William Duddell, English physicist and engineer († 1917)
• 1873 » Alice Guy-Blaché, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1873 » Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1954)
• 1875 » Joseph Weil, American con man († 1976)
• 1876 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland († 1921)
• 1878 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect († 1944)
• 1879 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1881 » Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist († 1965)

• 1819 » the Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (b. 1752)
• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1863 » John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)
• 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)

• 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 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 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 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.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

The temperature on July 1, 1874 was about 20.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.