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• Jansen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1873)
• Adelaïde Duynslaeger, Blankenberge († 1875)
• Aaltje Menger, Noordwolde,weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Jans Menger, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1951)
• Angéle Hélène Bouquillon, Merville, Nord, France
• Adriaan Buteijn, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Agatha Droog, Purmerend,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Smit, Barsingerhorn,Noord-Holland,Niederlande
• Angenita Broekhuizen, Utrecht († 1876)

• Adrianus Zuidgeest (39), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Rgmond- (58), Alkemade, Nederland
• Anneke CARDOL (66), Zutphen, 1970, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Nannes van der Vaart (55), Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna (Anneke) Gijsberts Cardol (66), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Peeters (62), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Aartzn PAS, van (65), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van EGMOND (58), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Heeswijk, Oudewater
• Antonius Henricus Schellens (0), Eindhoven

• 1853 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician and immunologist, co-founded the Pasteur Institute († 1933)
• 1859 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator († 1927)
• 1866 » Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania († 1950)
• 1873 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic († 1939)
• 1874 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada († 1950)
• 1881 » Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach († 1930)
• 1884 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer († 1976)
• 1887 » Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1890 » Prince Joachim of Prussia († 1920)
• 1892 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach († 1950)

• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)

• 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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• 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 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

The temperature on December 17, 1873 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.