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• Abraham Adriaan Brevet, Retranchement
• Adriana Hendrika du HEN, Dordrecht
• Abraham Dorland, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Johanna Elizabeth Smolders, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Aart Jacobsz. Bezemer, Maasdam († 1875)
• Adriana Hendrika du Hen, Dordrecht
• Aart Bezemer, Maasdam († 1875)
• Anje Broeils, Baflo
• Abraham Nabarro, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Aart Jacobsz Bezemer, Maasdam, ZH, Nederland († 1875)

• Antonia Adriana de Waal (1), Roosendaal
• Adriaan van de Linde (71), Wemeldinge
• Arp Wagter (0), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Johanna van der Sluijs (2), Utrecht
• Abe Durks Flietstra (57), Kortezwaag
• Anne Joseph VIELLEVOYE (63), Clermont, 63089, Verviers, Belgique
• Antje Hendriks Minkema (89), Benedenknijpe, gem. Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Harmina de Lege (0), Brouwershaven, Schouwen-Duiveland
• Annegien Timmermans (31)
• (Adriana) Harmina de Lege (0), Brouwershaven

• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)

• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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. 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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
• 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.

The temperature on August 6, 1874 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.