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• Abraham van Hooijdonk, Delfshaven (Rotterdam)
• Abraham van Es, Kedichem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Aartje de KIEVIT, 's-Gravendeel († 1876)
• Afke Jetzes Veldhuis, Uitwellingerga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Akke Yzaks Labordus, Sneek († 1874)
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Maas, Heerlen (L († 1926)
• Albertus Eduardus VROOME, Oostende
• Adriana Treur, Mijdrecht, Nederland († 1878)
• Anna Cath.Wilhelmina Schenke, Dorsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1951)
• Adriana Joanna Smulders, Tilburg († 1875)

• Andries Kwik (46), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth van Muijen (0), Rijnsburg
• Anna Maria - Maria Albers (53), Bockholt, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Andries Kwik (46), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Neu (56), Hesson, Ontario, Canada
• Cecilia Johanna van der Klugt (33), Leimuiden
• Annechien Dolfing (64), Anloo
• Annigje DOLFING (64), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anton Jobse (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Valburg (19), Zoelen

• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)
• 1884 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach († 1947)
• 1885 » Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer († 1957)
• 1888 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer († 1972)
• 1889 » Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta († 1942)

• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)

• 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 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.