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• Aaltien Goedkoop, Anloo, Annen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1873)
• Adrianus ROMEIJN, Rijswijk († 1874)
• Adrianus Romeijn, Rijswijk († 1874)
• Anna Maria Catharina Wijnen, Kerniel, België († 1905)
• Aaltien Goedkoop, Annen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1943)
• Anna Maria Adriana Backx, Huijbergen
• Anna Cornelia Backx, Huijbergen († 1893)
• Aaltje Pater, Exloërmond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1886)
• Adriana Janssen, Raamsdonk († 1874)

• Andreas Jan Simons (3), Vlaardingen
• Aris Knegt (31), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alke Taekes Meetstra (68), Doezum
• Andr‚as Jan Simons (3), Vlaardingen
• Alida (Aaltje) van Boudestein (74), Moordrecht
• Alijda Elbarta ter Schuur (2), Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart van de Vliert (34), Renswoude
• Anselme Chasse (89), Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
• Alketaekes [2] Meetstra (68), Grootegast, Nederland
• Akke Louws de Graaf

• 1865 » Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author († 1957)
• 1865 » Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic († 1946)
• 1868 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author († 1931)
• 1870 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar († 1966)
• 1872 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author († 1936)
• 1873 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy († 1951)
• 1875 » Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1955)
• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (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.
• 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.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on October 18, 1873 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.