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• Aartje Van Der Pols, Poortugaal († 1941)
• Alberta Maria Johanna Koerselman, Eibergen (Berkelland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Cornelia van der Krap, Delft († 1874)
• Adriana Goossens, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Alice Province, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1909)
• Aartje van der Pols, Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriaan Charles August van der Meersch, Delfshaven, Nederland († 1960)
• Alida Kassenaar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Amantino Ismael de Albuquerque, Angatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Catharina van Schendelen

• Kok, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Christiaan Vreugdenhil (0), 's-Gravenzande
• (w) Herbort (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aleijda Mechtildis of Alijda Mechel van Dijck (76), Boxmeer, Noord Brabant
• Catharinus de Jong (0), Waddinxveen
• Anna Catharina Baeten (74), Mol, België
• Cornelis van den Berg (44), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Vennebeumer (83), Apeldoorn
• Cornelia de Hoon (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adele Marie BELLE (29), Makassar, Indonesia

• 1861 » Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal († 1951)
• 1867 » Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan († 1952)
• 1867 » James Edwin Campbell, American poet, editor, short story writer and educator († 1896)
• 1868 » Evelyn Beatrice Hall, English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire, and wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre († 1956)
• 1870 » Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
• 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)
• 1881 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor († 1950)
• 1882 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer († 1963)
• 1885 » Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee († 1974)

• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)

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.
• 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 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
• October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

The temperature on September 28, 1874 was about 16.5 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.