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• Aaltje Koek, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1888)
• Adrianus van Noort, Wassenaar († 1943)
• Anna Auguste Wilhelmine Kelle
• Kole, Krabbendijke († 1874)
• Adriana Treffers, Loon op Zand († 1875)
• Adrianus Johannes Noort van, Wassenaar († 1943)
• Alfons August Buyse, Ledegem,8880,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1933)
• * Cornelia Johanna Klerx, Drunen
• - Lasker, Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen) († 1874)
• Aaltje Koek, Kampen († 1888)

• Anna Catharina Peeters (1), Geel 2440, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Berend Dekker (54), De Wijk
• Adolfina Vilela (30), Carmo do Rio Claro, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Adriaan Wijngaard van de (83), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beerendje Nieuwveld (76), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catherina Creemers (69), Sint Jansteen-zeeland (NL)
• Arie Stam (0), Alblasserdam
• Belia van Olphen (81), Den Haag,-
• Belia van Olphen (81), den haag
• Anna Catharina Anthonia Creemers (69), Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
• 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)
• 1868 » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer († 1924)
• 1872 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation († 1917)
• 1874 » Horace Rawlins, English golfer († 1935)
• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)
• 1876 » Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist († 1958)
• 1877 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter († 1917)
• 1880 » Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist († 1962)
• 1880 » Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator († 1970)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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.
• 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.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 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.

The temperature on August 5, 1874 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.