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• Albert Hartkamp, Zwolle
• Antonia v.d. Scheur, Rhenen
• Albertje Krikke, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hardeman, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1875)
• Agatha Maria van Kats, Lopik († 1962)
• Anna Coleta Hugens, Ossendrecht († 1882)
• Adriana Johanna Henrij, Dordrecht († 1875)
• "Leo" Wolfgang Johannes Anton von Ballestrem, Wroclaw, Pologne († 1915)
• Adriaan Mol, Sint Philipsland († 1920)
• Alexander (Sander) Radstok, Baarn († 1959)

• Aleida Arnolda Willemsen (69), Westervoort
• Atze (Otze) Dijkstra (48)
• Aart Ruiter (25), Gouda
• Anna Maria Heijkants (61), Borgerhout, B
• Antje Philippus Dost (46), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albertus Jacobus van Spreeuwenburg (42), Weesperkarspel
• Aaltien van Heerde (46), Dedemsvaart,Ambt-Hardenberg
• Atze Baukes (Otze) Dijkstra (48)
• Aart (de) Ruiter (26), Gouda
• Anna Maria Book (47), Haren

• 1858 » John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1943)
• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (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.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• 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 October 20, 1873 was about 9.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.