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• Adriana van den Berg, Langerak († 1876)
• Afke Jelles Jelsma, Lutkewierum, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1874)
• Adolf Albertsz van Soelen, Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriaan van den Heijkant, Made en Drimmelen
• Adriana Johanna Speekenbrink, Bergen op Zoom († 1961)
• Aaltje Buter, Avereest († 1874)
• Adolphine Lebas, Rumigny (Ardennes, Frankrijk) († 1967)
• Snoep, Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana van den Berg, Langerak († 1876)
• Adolf Jung, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany († 1950)

• Alexandre Édouard CAZALS (1), Bédarieux, 34028, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Aagje Stam (35), Egmond aan Zee
• Arend van der Touw (55), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Biwer (53), Ensch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Adrianus van de (Grindt) Griendt (66), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna BROERE (0), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Antonius Franciscus van Houtum (26), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amandus Vroman (78), Aalter
• Anna Jacobse Kroon (80), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van Houtum (26), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)
• 1882 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager († 1936)

• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)

• 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 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.
• 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 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
• 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 2, 1874 was about 21.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.