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• Adriana Johanna Pellis, Zundert († 1916)
• Albertje Antoons Mink, Sint Johannesga
• Aafje Boos, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Mulder, Naarden († 1938)
• Aldert Werkman, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Albertus Nijhuis († 1926)
• Andreas Lambertus Glotzbach, Leeuwarden († 1959)
• Albert Eikenaar, Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Aaltje van Embden, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Adriana Schäfer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Allegonda Engelbart, Oijen en Teeffelen
• Albert Dalhuisen (65), Oene, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Alegonda Bollen (63)
• Albert Karstens Doornbosch (Doornbos) (50), Zevenhuizen, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Jansz Dalhuisen (65), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Karstens Doornbosch (50), Leek, Zevenhuizen
• Adriana Geertruda Geerlof (1), Rotterdam
• Albert van den Brandhof (71), Renswoude
• Anna Maria Terbeck (35), Aschendorf
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Wildernis (0), Ter Aar (Korteraar)

• 1864 » Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy († 1935)
• 1864 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist († 1936)
• 1866 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1920)
• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)
• 1872 » Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter († 1943)
• 1872 » Morris Travers, English chemist and academic († 1961)
• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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 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.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• 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 January 24, 1873 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.