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• Adolf Friedrich v.MB-Schwerin, Schwerin († 1969)
• Adolf Friedrich van Mecklenburg Schwerin, Schwerin († 1969)
• Aagje Langeberg, Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Adolphe de Mecklembourg-Schwerin († 1969)
• Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich von Mecklenburg, Schloss von Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland(DKR) († 1969)
• Adrianus Johannes Eringaart, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg Schwerin, Schwerin († 1969)
• Adrianus Weijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriaan Lirb, Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1915)

• Amy Gardner Trollip (1), Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Abraham Sander de Vries (2), Delft
• Alijda Struijk (65), Hellendoorn-Elen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Catharina Neunzerling (0), Delft
• Aleijda Struik (65), Eelen (Hellendoorn)
• Aleida Struik (65), Hellendoorn (Eelen)
• Anna Maria Hauben (0), Bilzen Brugstraat
• Anna Elisabeth Deufferwiel (66), Zetten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van der Pluijm (37), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anthonius (van der) Roest (69), Utrecht

• 1858 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic († 1924)
• 1861 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
• 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
• 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
• 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
• 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
• 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Jean Peyrière, French actor († 1965)
• 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)

• 1837 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
• 1914 » Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)

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.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on October 10, 1873 was about 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.