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• Adrianus Johannes Marcus Karel Gerardus Verijsel, Rotterdam († 1932)
• Angeliina Kettwig, German Valley, Stephenson County, Illinois († 1952)
• Ale Sippes Kuperus, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1877)
• Anna Mulder, Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1942)
• Ambrosius Bakens, Asten, NL († 1905)
• Amy Edith Levy, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia († 1942)
• Aleida Stensen, Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1895)
• Antje Jakobs Poppema, Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Agnes Wellwood Auld, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland († 1962)
• Anna Maria Sloos, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• Adriana Bruineshof (78), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Jacoba Heydenrych (62), Leeuwriet
• Antonius Peters (64), Groessen
• Caroline Auguste Elisabeth van Westfalen-Fürstenberg (46), Hamburg, Nedersaksen
• Adriana Johanna van Ommering (68), Spijkenisse, Nederland
• Adriana Bruinshof (78), Wissenkerke Z
• (1) Bruno Goedefroo (48), Waregem (W-VL) België
• Bernard Heinrich Tholen (12), Walchem
• Anna Cornelia Stoffels (39), Echterbosch
• * Maria Jansen (72), Vlijmen

• 1861 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1865 » George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician († 1939)
• 1866 » James Burns, English cricketer († 1957)
• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)
• 1875 » Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic († 1967)
• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)

• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)

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 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• 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.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• 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 June 20, 1873 was about 22.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.