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• Adriana Kessel, Oudenbosch († 1910)
• Johannes Dominicus Baert, Koewacht († 1876)
• Adolph Cornelis van Beek, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Kessel^, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Tien, Emmen
• Akke Wypkes Dijkstra, Sint Annaparochie († 1940)
• Aaltien van Gerdinge, Erm Sleen(Dre) († 1967)
• Aalderika Smit, Hoogezand († 1936)
• Ada Irans DeWitt, Mount Gilead, Morrow, Ohio
• Adriana Kooiman, Dubbeldam, Nederland

• Adriana Jacoba Gijzenij (0), Koesteeg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Francisca van Schijndel (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Horst (0), Hengelo
• Anna Henrica Driesen (10), Schoonhoven
• Amelberga van der Herten (80), Bazel
• Charles Louis Van de Vyver, Bazel
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Westphal (83), Hohenkirchen, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Hohenkirchen
• Augustinus KYNDT (50), Zerkegem, 31041, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Abraham van Utrecht (18), Fijnaart, Nederland
• Arend Pol (37), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1866 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine († 1953)
• 1875 » H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)

• 1797 » Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
• 1806 » James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)

• 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 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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 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.
• July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

The temperature on July 11, 1874 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.