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• Agathe Henriette Charlotte Marie Schiff, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Alo√Øse WIOLAND, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Alida Martina Kors, Steenwijkerwold († 1942)
• Angèle DAUBENFELD, Odomez... Hauts de France († 1874)
• Westenbrink, Opeinde († 1873)
• , Boekel
• * Jenneke Preesman, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1873)
• Amelia Maria Vogt, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Amerik Kloos, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Adriaantje van der KOOIJ Adr, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1954)

• Adriana Schouten (66), Gouda
• Adam (NO PROOF) Stoneroad (95)
• Westenbrink (0), Opeinde
• Berendina ter Maat (88)
• Adrianus van der Stelt (82), Bergen op Zoom
• "Jacob" Jansz IJfs (73), Koedijk, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Maat (2), Delft
• Abraham Kruymel (0), Brielle
• Apolonia Helena Aloijsia Kwant (0)
• Arnoldus de Reuver (50), Loenen

• 1850 » Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal († 1928)
• 1851 » John Dillon, Irish poet and politician († 1927)
• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)

• 1820 » Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)

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.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on September 4, 1873 was about 10.1 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.