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Born on Monday October 6, 1873
- Albert Nijenhuis, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1955)
- Allegonda Geertruida Johanna Wilhelmina Nijs, Den Haag
- Alida Yda Sophia MATTHES, Anjer († 1947)
- Smal, Maastricht, Nederland († 1873)
- Tongerloo van, Johanna, Hellevoetsluis († 1953)
- Anna M. Groen, Uitgeest, Gemeente Uitgeest, Hollande-Septentrionale, Pays-Bas († 1956)
- Alfred Hutton Riffle, Huttonsville, Randolph, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
- Amalie Unger, Kepno, Wlkp., Poland († 1942)
- Anna Catharina van Puijenbroek, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
- Abraham van Zorge, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
Died on Monday October 6, 1873
- Agatha Schunlau (0), Rotterdam
- Koudijs, Zeist
- Aaltje Peerdeman (21), Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
- Berndina Coers (46), Den Haag
- Alexander de la Combé, Banjoemas
- Abraham Gerritsen (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Cornelis Huijzer (0), Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Alida Roodenburg (88), Voorschoten
- Catherine Victoire BERTRAND (37), Liège,4000,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Antje Klaase Bolder (70), hoorn
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 6, 1873 at Delpher
Born on October 6
- 1862 » Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician († 1927)
- 1866 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony († 1932)
- 1874 » Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts († 1950)
- 1876 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1941)
- 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
- 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
- 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
- 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
- 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)
- 1893 » Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic († 1956)
Died on October 6
- 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
- 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
- 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
- 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
- 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
- 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
- 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
- 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
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 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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
- May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
Weather October 6, 1873
The temperature on October 6, 1873 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.