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• Aernout van der Vorst, Vrouwenpolder († 1945)
• Adriana van Fessem, Made en Drimmelen († 1935)
• Adriana van Fessem, Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1935)
• Alice Maria Rosalia Roose, Klerken
• Alida van GINK, Leiden
• Aaltje Meereboer, Berkhout
• Adrianus Antonius Sluijs, Benschop († 1946)
• Alberta Zwaantina Jennegien Geerligs, Gramsbergen († 1959)
• Adriaantje APPEL Ldr, Melissant, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Abraham Mozes van West, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1901)

• Aleida Maria Elisabeth van Bolhuis Hoitsema (0), Zwolle
• * levensloos kind Faber (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude c.a., Noord-Holland, NL
• Anna Zoetman (69), Vlissingen
• Adriana Lok (4), Waddinxveen, Nederland
• Adriana Petronilla IJzermans (34), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Maria Frietman (0), Utrecht
• Adrianus Schoorl, Velsen
• Palland (0), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Vergote (63), Meulebeke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aartje Jansd SLUIJMER (54), Oud-Beijerland

• 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
• 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
• 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)
• 1868 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company († 1938)
• 1869 » Charley Grapewin, American actor († 1956)
• 1871 » Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor († 1937)
• 1873 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 1948)
• 1873 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician († 1936)
• 1881 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1886 » Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman († 1974)

• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)

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 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.