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• Anna Elizabeth de Visser, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1952)
• Aaltje Jonkman, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Adam Antonie Schets, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1939)
• Kerkhove, Oostkapelle
• Alexander Lorentinus Jacobsen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Adriana Maria van der Vaart, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Both, bodegraven (zuid holland)
• Alexandrine Nussbaum, Pingsheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1959)
• Adam Antonie Schets, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• van Es, Ridderkerk († 1873)

• Antje de Kuijper (32), Meerkerk (NL)
• Adriaantje KEIZER (21), Melissant
• Anastasie Lanteigne (51)
• Alida SEELBACH (25), Rotterdam
• Alida Smits (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Es (0), Ridderkerk
• Anna Gerarda van der Pijl (1), Amsterdam
• Alida Seelbach (25), Rotterdam
• Alexandra Christina Lava (77), Esen
• Anna Nieuwenhuis (49), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1865 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress († 1944)
• 1870 » Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer († 1894)
• 1873 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)
• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)

• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)

• 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 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.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on January 20, 1873 was about 4.6 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.