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• Adolf de Weger, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna van Dregt, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albertina Geertruida van Garling, Grissee († 1948)
• Anna - van Dregt, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Alzira Lex, Amparo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana van Veen, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1879)
• Adolf de Weger, Meppel († 1910)
• Alida Trijzelaar, Zierikzee, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1873)
• Aleida Maria Bernardina Koopmans, Tubbergen, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna van Dragt, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 1944)

• Anna Margret Rast (73), Neu Versen
• Aleida Johanna Wijers (49), Zutphen
• Anna Johanna Wilhelmina Kristel (0), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Hommes (0), Obergum gem. Winsum
• Anna Elisabeth Peters (0), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Baardwijk (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Trouwen (74), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Jans de Baat (67), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Conceição Carvalho (2), Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna SCHREY (48), Kohr, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• 1854 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria († 1937)
• 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
• 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)

• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.