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• Anna Cornelia Hamers, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Albertje Geerts Hogenberg, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Abraham Vega, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Abraham Oosting, Soemedang (West-Java) († 1951)
• Aaltje Kuperus, De Wijk († 1955)
• Aaltje Kuperus, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Pietertje van der Linden, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• (w) Kroh, Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1874)
• Alphonsus Constantius Waijers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Anna Barbara Zelst, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)

• Albertus Altena (0), Baalder
• Bernardus Berenschot (59), Ruurlo
• Antje Lantinga (16), Ommen
• Amalie Namm (0), Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
• Carolina_Frederika_Johanna Bor (51), Soerabaja, Ned.-Indie
• Bolsenbroek, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Wobbigje Jelle Brouwer (39), Weststellingwerf, Nederland
• * Jacob (3) Baars (0), 's Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Cornelis LAMBREGTS (52), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Loon (31), Hilvarenbeek (Noord-Brabant)

• 1864 » Stephan Krehl, German composer († 1924)
• 1867 » A. E. Douglass, American astronomer († 1962)
• 1872 » Édouard Herriot, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1957)
• 1874 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic († 1967)
• 1879 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War († 1945)
• 1879 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player and educator († 1959)
• 1880 » Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright († 1945)
• 1880 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer († 1940)
• 1882 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator († 1927)
• 1883 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian, author, and academic († 1975)

• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

• 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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• 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.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

The temperature on July 5, 1874 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.