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• Aantje de Weijman, Jaarsveld
• Aart Bouman, Rotterdam († 1874)
• Albertus Schoen, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Adrianus Pontianus Martilia, Bonaire, Bonaire, Nederlandse Antillen († 1911)
• anna van SINTMAARTENSDIJK, zuidland († 1927)
• Aagje Catharina Bokhorst, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Aletta Catharina Kruger, Middelburg, Nederland († 1937)
• * Teunis (2) Wielaard, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1875)
• Aaltje Postma, Jutrijp, Nederland
• Alfons Jozef Neirinckx, Temse

• Anna Elizabeth Kortz (76), Leeuwarden
• Allan Cameron (43), Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria Hurkmans (38), Wintelre
• Antonij Wissink (61), Apeldoorn
• Anna Tijmensdr. Bos (70), Eemnes
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Voerman (32), Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Koedooder (38), Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antje Bos (71), Eemnes
• Antonis Norbertus STOKKERMANS (69), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonij Arends Wissink (61), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1861 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan († 1926)
• 1862 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist († 1941)
• 1863 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal († 1929)
• 1863 » Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator († 1928)
• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)
• 1870 » George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician († 1952)
• 1875 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1882 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist († 1944)
• 1883 » Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer († 1970)
• 1886 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)

• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on January 14, 1873 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.