About the day » Tuesday October 21, 1873Calender converter

• Aldert Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Aaltje Spalink, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1874)
• Alexander Smith CRAM, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• Aaltje Jennes Hut, Nuis, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Duikersloot, Utrecht († 1950)
• Adriana Maria van Loon, Alphen en Riel
• Adriana Dielemans, Breda
• Alphons Marie Lutz, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Albert Wijker, Egmond aan Zee
• Adriana Dielemans, Breda († 1948)

• Aaltje Giethoorn (0), E246, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Casper W Sickler (2), Falls, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
• Arie Bakker (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Hoogenhoff (76), Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carapiet Andreas, Semarang
• Anna Maria Booten (67), Sint-Truiden, België
• Albertus Marinus Wijnbergen (0), Vaassen (Gem.Epe)
• Coenraad Christoffel Fourie
• Antonetta Heesters (49), Reusel
• Adrianus ONDERDELINDEN (27), Hoogvliet

• 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
• 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)

• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)

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 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 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 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

The temperature on October 21, 1873 was about 7.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.