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• Alphonse Louis DEBRAIZE, Le havre (76610) Frankrijk († 1917)
• Anna Elisabeth Heering, Kerkrade († 1961)
• Amilia Henrietta van Alphen, Rotterdam († 1875)
• Andreas Johannes Sparreboom, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Aaltje van Kooten, Montfoort († 1875)
• Allie Walter SAUL, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Schraven, Gouda († 1951)
• van Egmond, Haarlemmermeer († 1949)
• Adrianus Antonius Vinju, Amsterdam († 1924)
• Alida Wilhelmina Elizabeth van Dalsum, Zaandam († 1974)

• Adrianus Rijckers (69), Dinther, NL
• Adolphus Murrer *Mouren (59), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltien Sterken (49), Smilde
• (13v)Gerardus van Besouw (54), Goirle
• Abraham Hagedoorn (74), Ootmarsum
• Anna Dewulf, Zedelgem, België
• Adrianus Rijkers (69), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Vermeiren (76)
• Adriaan van Groesen (51), Terheijden
• Anna Elisabetha Meeus (41), Dessel (België)

• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)
• 1874 » Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author († 1917)
• 1877 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss († 1954)
• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)
• 1884 » Maria Caserini, Italian actress († 1969)
• 1886 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author († 1965)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• 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 July 24, 1874 was about 15.7 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.