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• *Maria III Vos (Opoe Mieke Treffers-Vos), Heesbeen/Eethen/Genderen († 1958)
• Angenis Elizabeth Timan, Groningen
• Angenis Elizabeth Timan, Groningen († 1948)
• Adriana de Cruijff, Utrecht († 1925)
• Adrianus van Zandwijk, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1945)
• Adriana Cornelia Renirie, Rotterdam († 1949)
• , Sneek († 1947)
• Alice O'Neill, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1940)
• Andreas Adrianus Verhoof, Tilburg († 1874)
• Adolf Schmidt († 1955)

• Christina Brouwer (0), Culemborg
• Daniel Carel de Dieu Fontein Verschuir van Heilo (70), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Adrina de Jager (2), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adrianus van Dijk (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Oosterveen (0), Slagharen
• Antje Tjerks Bottema, Oldeboorn
• Arie van der Lee (51), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Daniel Carel de Dieu Fontein Verschuir (70), Koog, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Ahazuerus van EIJL (60)
• Annigje Soetevent (51), Ruinen

• 1855 » Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1857 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary († 1926)
• 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
• 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
• 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
• 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)

• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

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 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 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.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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 18, 1874 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.