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• Ana dos Santos Reis, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil
• AGATHA DEN DRAAK, VLAARDINGEN († 1937)
• Aaltsje van der Meer, Weststellingwerf († 1955)
• Albert Christian Olsen († 1954)
• Akke Hilbertine Johannes Vorsteveld, Veenoord
• Andreas Cornelis van Loon, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1941)
• Adelaide de Oliveira Herdy, Brasil
• Adriana van Gerwen, Heeswijk († 1969)
• Aarnout de Bruijne, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Kuijer, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1873)

• Anna Lütge (21)
• Amalia Rachel (29), Mühlhausen-Kraichgau-BW
• Anna Katharina Schoofs (71), Ottersum, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Bierings (38), Bergeijk
• Anna Maria Geers (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anne (Anna) Hoho (58), Vlijtingen, Riemst, België
• Aaltje van Eijk (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje van 't ZELFDE (61), Heerjansdam
• Anna Theresia Demeulenaere (72)
• Anna Catharina Bierings BIERENS (38)

• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)
• 1881 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher († 1955)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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.
• March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

The temperature on May 1, 1873 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.