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• Adrianus Haak, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Alida van Latesteijn, Utrecht († 1911)
• Alida Catharina Schabbing, Heemstede († 1948)
• Aaltje Eissens, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriaan Pater, Haarlemmermeer († 1936)
• Aaltje Sip, Opheusden
• Aletta Rowenna Anthony Covey, Appanoose County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• ? ? († 1875)
• * Martinus Adrianus Hoogervorst, Delft
• Aaltje Sip, Opheusden

• Adriaan van Aalbeek (54), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Klumper (55), Kampen
• Annigje Klumper (55), Kampen
• Adriaan van AALBEEK (54), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Antonia Verhoef (61), Maarssen, Nederland
• Anna van IJperen (0), Vlaardingen
• Antje Gerkes Steenstra (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Angela Weyer (0), Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• ? ? (52)
• Adrianus Wolfers (69), Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1866 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China († 1925)
• 1872 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer († 1947)
• 1881 » Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)
• 1889 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1981)
• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)
• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)

• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

• 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 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.
• August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on November 12, 1873 was about -1.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.