About the day » Thursday December 11, 1873Calender converter

• Alo√Øse MEYER, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1902)
• Alice De Mol, Torhout († 1876)
• Ann Murray Henderson DUNCAN, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire
• Alida Margaretha Brouwer, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Andreas Isac van der Kaaij, 's Gravenzande
• Andreas Isac van der Kaaij, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1948)
• Adrianus van Noort, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Albertus Huisman, Vlaardingen
• Anna Adriana Henrietta Geertruida Stute, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham KAMERLING, Waarde, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Nederland († 1924)

• Anna Maria (Ruysen) Ruijsen (36), Spurk-Bilzen
• Agnietha Beerekamp (62), Barneveld
• "Joannes Wilhelmus" Eloygius Cremers (75), Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Ann Preston (48), Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States
• Albertus Rovies (5), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Angenita Beerekamp (62), Barneveld
• Annie Stuart Rhodes (3), Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Anna Maria RUIJSEN (36), Spurk (Limburg) (B)
• Arnold LEMAIRE (8), Wandre, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Angnita Beerenkamp (62), Barneveld {GE}

• 1861 » Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer († 1923)
• 1863 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic († 1941)
• 1872 » René Bull, British illustrator and photographer († 1942)
• 1873 » Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic († 1967)
• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City († 1947)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)

• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

• 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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• 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 December 11, 1873 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.