About the day » Monday August 17, 1874Calender converter

• Aaltje Fijgje Prins, Bleskensgraaf, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adele GROMECK, Buenos Aires
• Anthonius Van Baal, Tiel, Nederland
• Aaltje Ybeles van der Veer, Marssum, gem. Menaldumadeel, Fiesland, Nederland
• Antonius Godefridus Maria Vogels, Tilburg († 1914)
• Adolph Mohr, Schrimm, Wlkp., Poland
• Aaltje Prins, Bleskensgraaf († 1916)
• "Berta" Alberta Alberta, Lieshout, NL († 1876)
• Aafke de Haan, Zevenhuizen gem. Leek († 1941)
• Apolonia Quirina Goemans, Koudekerk, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)

• Albert Timmer (22), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Jelmers' Hiemstra (96), Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel
• * Mathilde de Kuijer (2), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Jelmers Hiemstra (96)
• Aaltje Jelmers Jelles Hiemstra (99), Oppenhuizen
• Aaltje Grolleman (45), Wijhe
• Abraham Esselbrügge (82), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Adelheid van Fürstenberg-Weitra (62), Opatovitz
• Arie Alderliesten (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Arie Alderliesten (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht

• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)

• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)

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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
• 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.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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 August 17, 1874 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.