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• Adolf van DRIEL, Groote Lindt
• Adolf Mulder, Oudega (Small.) († 1959)
• Alixe Posty, Hanzinnelle († 1941)
• Albertus Marinus Wijnbergen, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriana Visseren, Zevenbergen (NL) († 1873)
• Adriana Beumer, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1873)
• Adrianus Marinus de Rijke († 1938)
• Adrianus Marinus Rijke, de, Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1938)
• Anna Maria Gerardina de Greeve, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelis Johannes van Hees (0), Schiedam
• Albert Willems Hoving (74), Zuidlaren
• Barbara Graybill Neff (81), Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
• Cateau Pach (28), Utrecht
• Arie Blokland (1), Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen
• Daniel Flanderhijn (22), gouda
• Christina Halkes (0), Wateringen
• Aaltje Jans van Putten (79), Eemnes
• christiaan grootenhuis (0), rotterdam
• Bernardus Meekes (71), Lichtenvoorde

• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)
• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)

• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)

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 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• 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 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

The temperature on August 6, 1873 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.