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• Jongen, Kerkrade († 1873)
• Aaltje Hendriks Hoksbergen († 1926)
• Alberdina Kip, Het Haagje (Hoogeveen) († 1875)
• Alfred Ernest Jones, 42 Ditchingham Rd, Brightside, Sheffield († 1904)
• Alexandrine Baudry, La Chapelle de Guinchay, 71570, FRANCE
• Annetta Christina Holsboer, Indonesia († 1934)
• Alice Ruth Todd, Winterset, Madison, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1874)
• adriaantje wilhelmina QUALM, pernis († 1938)
• Abraham Buijk, Zierikzee
• Aaltje Hoksbergen, Kampen, Nederland († 1926)

• andries KOK (2), hendrik ido ambacht
• Anna Schelle, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Poel (70), Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Heutink (0), noord eschmarke
• Anna Andeweg (66), Heerjansdam
• Anthonie Diestelhof (5), Olst (gem. Olst-Wijhe)
• Albert Wolter Rave (45), Hattem, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aarts (51), Oerle
• Adriaan Zopfi (41), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida POORTVLIET (5), Dirksland

• 1865 » Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Polish-American mathematician and engineer († 1923)
• 1865 » Erich Ludendorff, German general and politician († 1937)
• 1867 » Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter († 1932)
• 1867 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia († 1941)
• 1872 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author († 1912)
• 1880 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect († 1925)
• 1882 » Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1946)
• 1882 » Otz Tollen, German actor († 1965)
• 1883 » Frank King, American cartoonist († 1969)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

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.
• 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.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

The temperature on April 9, 1873 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.