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• Adrianus de Laat, Vlijmen († 1873)
• Alida Margaretha van Avezaath, Beesd († 1945)
• Albert Centen, Radewijk
• Adam Henricus Theunis, Ouden Bos, Brabant, Belgium
• Annigje Jan-Hendriks Wind, Brucht, Ambt Hardenberg († 1905)
• Alida Margrita van Avezaath, Beesd († 1945)
• Anthonie van Zalen, Vlissingen Zeeland Nederland († 1937)
• Annigje Wind, Brucht († 1905)
• Alfred CORNEZ, Frameries, 7080, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Annigje Jans Wind, Brucht, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1905)

• Aaltje Bunschoten (2), Ameide
• Albertus Andreas Reijs, Herpen
• Antonia Kornelia van Bemmelen (0), Zevenhoven, Zuid Holland
• Adrianus Kuijten (54), sint-Oedenrode
• Anna Elisabeth van Velzen (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Buijs (0), Oude-Tonge
• Adriana BUIJS Cdr (0), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriaantje Willemse (77), Loosdrecht
• Agnès Marguerite Baudry (0), Perols, 34470, FRANCE
• Anna Maria van der HORST (83), Herpen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1857 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist († 1911)
• 1867 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor († 1945)
• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)

• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)

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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• 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 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• 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 July 8, 1873 was about 25.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.