About the day » Tuesday August 12, 1873Calender converter

• Annie Caroline Carter, <,Jonesboro, Ar>
• Anna Compier, Mijdrecht († 1873)
• Alice DeWind, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Adriaan van Breugel, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1876)
• ADRIANUS JOHANNES VAN BAAREN, Utrecht († 1929)
• Adriana Minnaard, Yerseke, Nederland († 1873)
• Adrianus Johannes Baaren, Utrecht († 1929)
• Annetta Anthonia Scheepmaker, Loosdrecht († 1959)
• Anna Elisabeth van Ieperen, Vianen, Nederland († 1892)
• Albert Henry Timmer († 1952)

• Adriana Kramer (0), Maasdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anne Elizabeth Scott (65), Florence, Lambton Cty, Ontario, Canada
• Barbara Stoppelenburg (0), Stolwijk, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Willemina Naaijen (0), Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Scott (106), Florence, Lambton Cty, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Theresia Francisca Verstraete (71), Werken West-Vlaanderen België
• Antonius Van Avondt (41), Tremelo, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Bernardus ( Vandenbruwaene ) Vanbruwaene (53), Beernem
• Barbara Stoppelenburg (0), Stolwijik
• Christiaan Hoos (51), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1866 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist († 1907)
• 1866 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1867 » Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator († 1963)
• 1870 » Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist († 1925)
• 1871 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia († 1939)
• 1876 » Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1960)
• 1880 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager († 1925)
• 1880 » Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist († 1943)
• 1881 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer († 1959)

• 1848 » George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1861 » Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
• 1865 » William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)

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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on August 12, 1873 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.