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• Amadea Martino, Florence, Toscane († 1933)
• Alle Engberts Ypma, Noorderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Albertina Ferreira de Souza Braga, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria van BEEK, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Aaltje de Witt, Groningen († 1935)
• Albertien Jans Smit, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Antonius Raskin, Alken, België
• Anna Eleanor Smith, Kentucky († 1936)
• Alberdina Veenstra, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Antonius Pijnenburg, Deurne, NL († 1960)

• Christiaan de Klerk (51), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aagje de VRIES (24), Aalsmeer,,PAYS BAS
• Anthonie Luijendijk (38), De Lier
• Anna Maria Helena van Vuuren (4), montfoort
• Carolina Harmina Mensink (25), Spankeren (Rheden)
• Christina Agatha Hornes (62), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Nagel (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana van Broeke (36), Sommelsdijk
• Feite Abrahams Couperus (64), Nijhuizum
• Christaan de Klerk (51), Middelburg (Zeeland)

• 1870 » Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting († 1960)
• 1871 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer († 1960)
• 1872 » Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia († 1941)
• 1873 » María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet († 1947)
• 1880 » Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever († 1999)
• 1882 » Max Decugis, French tennis player († 1978)
• 1883 » Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated († 1934)
• 1883 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach († 1951)
• 1884 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)

• 1834 » Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
• 1848 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
• 1863 » William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
• 1889 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
• 1889 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
• 1896 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)

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.
• March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• 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 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
• August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
• 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.

There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.