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• Ambrose Moyer Wampole
• Adriaan Johannes Van Der Wielen, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alfred VAN CLEEF, Paris, Île-de-France, France († 1938)
• Abraham Fierloos, Wemeldinge († 1940)
• , Limburg, Netherlands († 1968)
• Aaltje Hagtingius, Bovenkarspel, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana van der Waal, Hoogvliet († 1921)
• Adrianus Martinus van Akkeren, Wouw († 1957)
• Alida van den Hoeven, Werkhoven (Bunnik) († 1941)
• Andreas Petrus Paumen, Maaseik (B)

• Albert Oukes (5), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Cornelia Letens (56), Calmpthout
• Antonetta Antonissen (33), Dinther
• ANTJE de Roos (46), Ter Aar ZH *
• Arend Jan Grijsen (0), Olden Eibergen, Berkelland, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Gesina Doorwaard (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Franciscus van den Brom (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelie Costeur (72), Beselare
• Adriana Mocking (30), Werkhoven
• Barbara Regtering (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1860 » Lucien Guitry, French actor († 1925)
• 1864 » Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee († 1947)
• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)

• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

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.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• 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 13, 1873 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.