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• Adriana Buitendijk, Zuidland († 1930)
• Aaltje RIETMAN, Den Ham Overijssel Netherlands († 1875)
• Aaltje Wissink († 1967)
• Albertina_Carolina_Maria Gout, Tegal, Ned.-Indie († 1902)
• Aartje Burggraaff, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Petrus Johannes Pessers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Mary Bowman, Londonderry, Lebanon Co., Pa († 1963)
• Adrianus den Hartigh, Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Petrus Joannes Pessers, Tilburg
• Afke MULDER, Hindeloopen, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)

• António de Almeida (80), Torres Vedras, Portugal
• Christina van Outheusden (38), Hedikhuisen
• Aagje van der Stelt (70), Hekelingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Edith Alexandra Klinck (0), Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Coenraad Roelofs van Bergen* (66), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dingetje Willemsd VIJVERBERG (71), Bruinisse
• Barbara van Son (34), Vlijmen, Nederland
• Christina van Outheusden (38), Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Kraaij (89), Koog aan de Zaan
• Abraham Jozias Bastinck (2), Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland

• 1863 » Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator († 1919)
• 1864 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia († 1866)
• 1867 » Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general († 1920)
• 1876 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1962)
• 1876 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist († 1938)
• 1877 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician († 1938)
• 1877 » Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright († 1962)
• 1879 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia († 1939)
• 1881 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti († 1947)
• 1883 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer († 1950)

• 1830 » François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
• 1841 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
• 1842 » Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
• 1842 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
• 1852 » Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
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 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 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 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 September 15, 1874 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.