About the day » Thursday January 16, 1873Calender converter

• Antonisse, Hoogeloon
• Anna Maria Catharina Paulissen, Oud Vroenhoven
• Diepenhorst, ameide (zuid holland)
• Anna Maria Feller, Linne († 1873)
• Adolf Schmidt, Rückershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aart van Dijk, Leersum, Utrecht, NL († 1877)
• Anna_Maria Hapers, Merksplas († 1946)
• Anna Maria Lucassen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Bosman, Deventer († 1938)
• Hapers Anna Maria, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1946)

• Fransisca Zijlmans (0), Geertruidenberg
• Anna Pleuntje Elizabeth Heijblom (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Koren (8), Kockengen, Nederland
• Albertje Heeres (22), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Neurink
• Anneke van Ree (84), Neder-Betuwe, Netherlands
• Aaldrik Eltjens (82), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Geerts (Kalf) Gritter (57), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Klaas Mol (24), Dedemsvaart
• Anneke (Antje) van Ree (84), Kesteren

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)

• 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.
• February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

The temperature on January 16, 1873 was about 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.