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• Allegonda Catharina Runge, Onstwedde/Borger († 1953)
• "Louise" Amalie Wilhelmina Sophia Inez Theodora von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Noer, Allemagne († 1955)
• Angenita de Bruijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1875)
• Anthonie Ewaldus Kist, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1936)
• Antje te LANDE, Steenwijkerwold (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Aaltje Loek, Oldemarkt († 1875)
• Albertus Blom, Hattem († 1875)
• Alfredo Holtz, Sarapuí, São Paulo, Brasil
• Angela Fischer, Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Agnes Hendrika Mom, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Amos Cope (62)
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (62), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Klok (29), Diever
• Alida Engelina de Gijselaar (57), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Abraham van der Velden, Geldrop
• Bartus de Nooij (2), Maartensdijk
• Anna van Onna (53), Bekveld (Hengelo)
• Anna ISAAK (66)
• Bernardus van den Brink (20), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Kloosterman (23), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1864 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine († 1918)
• 1871 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1872 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter († 1946)
• 1877 » Roger Quilter, English composer († 1953)
• 1878 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator († 1925)
• 1880 » Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist († 1930)
• 1880 » Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)
• 1881 » Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral († 1965)

• 1814 » Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1744)
• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)

• 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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• 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.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

The temperature on November 1, 1873 was about 9.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.