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• Adam Joseph Schnell, Großenlüder, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1956)
• Anastacio Gabino Kock, Aruba († 1959)
• Aant Bakker, Sondel Friesland
• Anna de Wit, Oudenbosch († 1929)
• Alida Johanna Eikelboom, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Hubertus van Rooij, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Margaretha Hogenes, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1873)
• Antonius van Lieshout, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Zimmermann, Eisleben, Bordekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1959)
• Anna Catherine Neethling, Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa († 1963)

• Agnes Trebels (0), Montfort, Netherlands
• anna maria kooijmans (60), oss
• Anna Catharina Janssen‏ (75), Arendonk, België
• Aaltje IJben (37), Nijensleek, Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus (jansz) van Oosterhout, Made, Noord Brabant
• Anne Catherine PIROTTE (83), Thys, 64021, Liège, Belgique
• Adriaantje Janse Snijder (78), Elkerzee
• Albertus Bus (74), in 't Loo (Duiven), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kooijmans (60), Oss
• Adrianus van Oosterhout, Made en Drimmelen, Nederland

• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)

• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Albert
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Elizabeth
16. Antje

• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on February 19, 1873 was about -1.4 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.