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• Anna Maria Gabriëls, Geel, België
• Anna Jacobs, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland († 1944)
• Alida van der Leck, Utrecht († 1945)
• Alexander Stempels, Dordrecht († 1916)
• Ann Isabella "Bella" McCaughey, Clonavaddy, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• VERBURG, Kats, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Buiten, Meppel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alidorus Alphonsus Demeulenaere, Lichtervelde
• Addo F. Borchers, Ridott Township, Illinois († 1939)
• Aaltje Burger, Barwoutswaarder, South Holland, Netherlands († 1960)

• Aart Lamberts van den Bosch (68), Heerde
• Adrianus Aalbertus Johannes Gelderman (70), Harderwijk
• Aart van den Bosch (68), Heerde
• Berendina Hamer
• Adriana De JONGSTE (33), Strijen
• Adriana de Jongste (33), Strijen, Nederland
• Anthonie Arnoldus van t Riet (0), Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Lukkien
• Anna Maria Quintens (77), Lummen
• Anna Catherina Senden (2), Beek

• 1863 » Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist († 1937)
• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)
• 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
• 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)

• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)

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.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 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.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on December 8, 1873 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.