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Born on Tuesday October 28, 1873
- Adrianus Jacobus Knaap, appingedam
- Adrianus Jacobus Knaap
- Anna Maria Pauline van Mechelen, Ubach over Worms
- Anna Maria Paulina van Mechelen, Ubach over Worms († 1960)
- Andries Van Der Hoek, Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1918)
- Anna knipper, oudeschip, Groningen, Nederland († 1921)
- van der Sloot, Schoterland, Nederland († 1873)
- Alberdina Catharina Weijland, amsterdam († 1951)
- Albertje Brunsting, De Huizen († 1942)
- Andrew Jordan Fisher, Cape John, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1951)
Died on Tuesday October 28, 1873
- Anna De Buck (69), Damme
- Antoon Nicolaas Rampen (1), Zwolle, Nederland
- Bastiaan van Eijk (7), Den Haag, South Holland, Netherlands
- Cornelia Korver (62), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- van der Sloot (0), Schoterland, Nederland
- Adriana Bartelen (69), Roosendaal
- Anna Maria Gabina - Gabina - Gebina Bölle (72), Wesuwer Brook, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Anna Maria Gebina Boll (72), Wesuwe-Brook
- CAROLUS LUDOVICUS VERTENTEN (0), CLINGE,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
- Cornelia Korver (62), Marken Binnen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 28, 1873 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De standaard
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on October 28
- 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
- 1867 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator († 1911)
- 1875 » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist († 1966)
- 1877 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
- 1879 » Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts († 1968)
- 1880 » Billy Wedlock, English footballer († 1965)
- 1880 » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1940)
- 1881 » Vin Coutie, Australian footballer († 1951)
- 1884 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum († 1967)
- 1885 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright († 1922)
Died on October 28
- 1841 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
- 1857 » Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
- 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
- 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
- 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
- 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
- 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
- 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
- 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
- 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
Names that were popular for boys in 1873
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Albert
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1873
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Jacoba
- Elizabeth
- Antje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1873
- 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.
- 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.
- May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- 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.
- October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Weather October 28, 1873
The temperature on October 28, 1873 was about 3.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.