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• Anna Elisabeth Schiedam, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Louise Keeffe, Tuckahoe, Westchester Co., New York, Verenigde Staten († 1874)
• Andrew Marvin Shankle, Harmony Grove, Jackson, GA († 1944)
• Alvinia Mae Alvena Adams, Solon, Somerset, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Albert Pama, Niekerk, Groningen, Netherlands († 1949)
• Anna Wilhelmina Marianna Schubert, Cheribon, Ned. Indie
• Andreas Carel Hauptfleisch, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa († 1918)
• Adrianus George Alers, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Adriana Helena de la Rambelje, Batavia, Oost-Java, Nederlands-Indië († 1879)
• Alfred Jean-Baptiste Laurent SANGNIER, Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France († 1931)

• adriaan KORPORAAL (32), sliedrecht
• Anna Maria Coumans (65), Nederweert
• Agatha Maes (95), Beveren
• Adriana Opree (3), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Korporaal (32), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Madvig (25), Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië
• Aagtje Winter (66), Assendelft NH NL
• Adriana Opree (3), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna ten Hagen (58), Poederoijen
• Adriana Cornelia Wibina van der Valk (0), Rotterdam

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

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.
• 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 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 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 July 20, 1874 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.