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• Angenita Broekhuizen, Utrecht († 1876)
• Aafke Folkerts Visser, Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1934)
• * Franciscus Joannes Koks, Tilburg († 1941)
• Adriaan Buteijn, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Agatha Droog, Purmerend († 1954)
• Abraham Marinis LINDHOUD, Poortvliet († 1960)
• Adriana Hamers, Loon op Zand († 1874)
• Abraham Marinis Lindhoud, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1960)
• Aaltje de Haan, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Hamers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1874)

• Aart Aartzn PAS, van (65), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Jannes Docter (83), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam de Jong (43), Goirle
• Adriana van Rgmond- (58), Alkemade, Nederland
• Adrianus Zuidgeest (39), Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Catherine Joseph Haze (79), Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Maria Borgardijn (66), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Teurlings (0), Loon op Zand
• Adriana van Zantbeek (55), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Zuidgeest (39), Schiedam

• 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)

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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• 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 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

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