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• Adrianus BROEREN, Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1873)
• Alida Johanna Scherpenzeel († 1952)
• Adriana van de Graft, Alem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries de Vries *, Steenwijkerwold († 1960)
• Adriaan Boeren, Rucphen († 1936)
• Anna Theresia Druyts, Geel
• Norder († 1873)
• Aaltje van de Lagemaat, Leusden
• andries VINGERLING, hillegersberg († 1963)
• Abraham van Eenennaam, Arnemuiden († 1954)

• Andreas Struijlaart (0), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagje Beusighem van (29), koog aan de zaan
• "Ernest" Aimé Feydeau (52), Paris
• Antje Lieuwes Zuringa \ Suringa (64), Tolbert, Leek, Groningen, Netherlands
• * Johannes Marinus van der Horst (42), Boxtel
• Antoine Collot d' Escury (70), Rijswijk
• Anthonij Collot d'Escury (70), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta van der Linden (81), Eindhoven
• Anthony Baron Collot d'Escury (70), Rijswijk
• Adriana De Nijs (2), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)

• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)

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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on October 29, 1873 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.