About the day » Saturday December 27, 1873Calender converter

• Aaltje (Alice) Jans Miedema, Ferwerd
• Adriana Christina van Ingen, IJzendoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1885)
• Andrew Bill Whisenhunt, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
• (.) Hoekstra, Katlijk, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1873)
• Alexander Brasch, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland († 1943)
• Aletta van der Maat, De Hoef,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1926)
• Angenieta Jacoba Doornbos, Groningen († 1873)
• Andreas Josephus Cornelius Maria Zijlmans, Waalwijk, Nederland († 1900)
• Lieuwen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• van Tuijl, Brandwijk († 1873)

• Adriaan Wilhelm Nolthenius (35), Atjeh
• Aaltje Hoes (50), Magele, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan van Dun (21), Antwerpen (België)
• Albert Bruin (22), Oost (Texel)
• Adriana Boonman (47), 's-Heer Arendskerke 54
• Adriana van der Burgh (0), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• van Tuijl (0), Brandwijk
• Lieuwen (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Martens Wielinga (83), Kommerzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Jacob Roos (82), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)

• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)

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.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• 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.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on December 27, 1873 was about 5.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.