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• Aaltje Kleine, Hoogeveen nederland († 1951)
• Aartje Gijsberta Aartsen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Alberta Top, Delft († 1945)
• Adam Lugten, Heusden, Nederland († 1945)
• Winkel († 1873)
• Aartje Gijsberta Aartsen, Schaarsbergen / Arnhem († 1937)
• Adolphine Emilie Juliette Hansen, Amsterdam
• Anje Ida Klooster, Uithuizermeeden († 1951)
• Adrianus Johannes Lamster, Maastricht
• Aldegonda Hubertina Houx, Maasniel, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1947)

• Albertus van Zijl (48), Roermond
• Alexander Mistràlet, Mestralet (79), Den Bosch
• Andries Post (71), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Beek (75), Apeldoorn
• Abraham Lauret (47), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Vos (9), Strijen
• Annie Jane Gibbons (16)
• Albertus van Zijl (48), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Marie CLITESSE (23), LORCE (Chession), Liège, Belgique
• Anna EVERAERT (35), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• 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 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• 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 November 5, 1873 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.