About the day » Thursday July 30, 1874Calender converter

• Alphonse Joseph BRIXHE, SPA, Liège, Belgique († 1949)
• , Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Gool, Tilburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Spoel, Compascuum, Emmen († 1961)
• Aaltje van der Spoel, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Henrica Van Gorp, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Seraphinus Baert, Stekene (B)
• Aleida Geertruida Langeler, Hengelo (Gld.)
• ? (levenloos) Quist, Tholen gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1874)
• ?? Zöllner, Rotterdam († 1874)

• Vos (0)
• Barendina Geerlofs (44), Elburg
• Abraham JELTEMA (0), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Bartel Veltenaar (0), Rotterdam
• Arij Johannis Van Delft (0)
• Anne Kornelisz Hoekstra (21), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• ?? Zöllner (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Harrewijn (54), Delft
• Anna Helena Maria Jansen (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Stelt, van der (45), de Werken en Sleeuwijk gem. Werkendam Nbr. Nederland

• 1855 » Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman († 1919)
• 1857 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist († 1929)
• 1859 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly († 1939)
• 1862 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general († 1933)
• 1863 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company († 1947)
• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)
• 1890 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager († 1975)
• 1893 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician († 1967)
• 1898 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator († 1986)

• 1832 » Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
• 1870 » Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
• 1889 » Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
• 1898 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)

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.
• 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 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on July 30, 1874 was about 22.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.