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• Anna Maria Aarts, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Albert Thomas Jongsma, Appelscha, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1911)
• Anna KOHLERT, ,,Dux,Böhmen († 1945)
• Aldericus Lambrechts, Beerzel, België († 1936)
• Albertina Lourença de Arruda, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• anna maria (maria) gielen, helden-egchel († 1937)
• Aloisius Peeters, Kalmthout, België
• adriana KRAAK, oud-beijerland († 1959)
• Andries Jacob Koopal, Franeker († 1926)
• Anthony Herman Feldhaus, St. Louis City, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1917)

• Carolus Ludovicus VAN DEN BROUCKE (Vandenbroucke) (71), Aarsele
• Charity Elizabeth Spigener (32)
• Abram Cornelis Jacobus (du Pree) du Pré (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Todd (60), Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland
• Carel Fredrik Kellenbach (26), Rotterdam
• Asselina Anna WIJNOOGST (2), Edam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Cornelis Du Prée (0), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus van Ingen (52), Kesteren, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van der Wateren (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Adriana van de Wert (0), Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1865 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)
• 1877 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and author († 1944)
• 1878 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author († 1957)
• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)

• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)

• 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 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 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.
• 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 August 10, 1874 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.