About the day » Saturday April 12, 1873Calender converter

• Andrew Thornton Monroe, Newton, Pike Co., Ohio († 1940)
• Anje Kiers, Oude Pekela (gem. Pekela) († 1881)
• Alice Duyvenboode Varkevisser, van, Soerakarta († 1922)
• Albert Fritsers Lunenborg, Noord (Hoogeveen) († 1895)
• André Haarbleicher, Paris, Île-de-France, France († 1944)
• Andries de Vries, Leeuwarden
• Albertus Hoekman, Beilen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Schipper, Wierden († 1873)
• Albertien Nijboer, Ruinen († 1949)
• Adriaantje Bäcker, Wageningen

• Anna Maria van Ganzewinkel (0), Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Bootsman (51), Enkhuizen
• Aaltje Walinga (4), IJlst
• Alida Margaretha Zuyderwijk (0), Monster
• Anna de Vrijer (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Oorbeek (0), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Zuyderwijk (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Zijlstra (30), Weststellingwerf, Ter Idzard
• Antje Wilhelmina Sonneveld (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) CRANS (0), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands

• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

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 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on April 12, 1873 was about 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.