About the day » Wednesday November 5, 1873Calender converter

• Aaltje Siebrens Vostra, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1877)
• Adolphine Emilie Juliette Hansen, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Hendrikus Sebregts, Loon op Zand (Loon op Zand) (Noord-Brabant) († 1948)
• Winkel († 1873)
• Anje Ida Klooster, Uithuizermeeden († 1951)
• ALIDA KOSTER, Amsterdam
• Aartje Gijsberta Aartsen, Schaarsbergen / Arnhem († 1937)
• Adam Lugten, Heusden, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Alardus Rudolphus, Makkinga, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)

• Albertus van Zijl (48), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peters (74), Laurensberg / Soers
• Asa Sanford (92), Madison, Madison County, New York, United States
• Adriaan Dircken (80), Baarle-Nassau
• Andries Michiels Post (71), Wildervank dalweg, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Laat (0), Vlijmen
• Adriana Vos (9), Strijen
• Alexander Mistràlet, Mestralet (79), Den Bosch
• Adriana de Laat (0), Vlijmen
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Beek (75), Apeldoorn

• 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• 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.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• 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 November 5, 1873 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.