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• Adriana Maria Catharina van Iersel, Tilburg († 1873)
• Alphonse Arthur Witdoeckt, Sint-Kruis, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1962)
• - de Groot, Wegterholt (Wijhe) († 1873)
• Anna Maria van der Wijst, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus NIJSSEN, Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Albert Mitchel Buckner, Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Adriana Borg, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Adrianus Stalenburg, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1873)
• Amadine GHIGNY, Ittre,1460,Brabant Wallon,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1968)
• Akke Hendriks Hiemstra, Oosterlittens, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)

• Annigje Harms van der Heide, Grootegast, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van Lieshout (70), Nistelrode
• Aaltje Zwaan (3), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Behage (37), Delft
• Annegiena Schling (0), Bergum
• Anne Liekeles Kamminga (45), Groningen
• Albert van den Bergh (1), Rhenen
• Anna Helena Behage (37), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Benten (83), Leiden
• de Jong (0), Sloten

• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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. Adriana
8. Hendrika
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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on January 18, 1873 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.