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• Anna Maria Theunissen, Wijnandsrade († 1928)
• Adrianus Huiskes, Hoogvliet († 1952)
• Antje Wijtsma, Harlingen
• Anna Maria Sophia Bauduin, Liège († 1898)
• Adriana Harmina Eenink, Gorssel, Nederland († 1950)
• Addison Fenstermaker, Bazetta, Trumbull Co., Ohio († 1927)
• Antoon Lausberg, ,, Maastricht, Nederland
• Amelia Gonyea, New York († 1960)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Saenen, Zepperen, België († 1891)
• Antonia Hamer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)

• Antje Bruinewoud (0), Steenwijk
• Adrianis Boers (63), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Albert Rutgers Wemmenhove (59), Kerkenbosch
• Aleida Kornelus Poll (67), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• * Willemina Christina Grevers (59), Hatert
• Albert Roelofs Wemmenhove (59), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Amalia Auguste van Wittelsbach Prinses van Beieren (72), Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
• Anna Maria Kokken (75), Halsteren
• andries SCHNEIDER (43), rotterdam
• Athelstan Harvey Boys (33), Margate Kent England

• 1852 » Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician († 1914)
• 1853 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and theorist († 1932)
• 1856 » Louis Marshall, American lawyer and activist († 1929)
• 1866 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic († 1934)
• 1870 » Karl Renner, Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria († 1950)
• 1881 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer († 1956)
• 1883 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer († 1962)
• 1883 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido († 1969)
• 1884 » Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright († 1950)
• 1887 » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor († 1963)

• 1831 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (b. 1765)
• 1838 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (b. 1806)
• 1842 » Ben Crack-O, king of several tribes around Cape Palmas
• 1860 » George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1861 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1865 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
• 1878 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)

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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on December 14, 1873 was about 3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.