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• Andreas Franciscus (Bok) Tonnaer, Thorn, The Netherlands († 1915)
• Adriana Kooijman, Numansdorp
• Akke Johannes Kleefstra, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Amandus Henricus Baptistus Sprengers, Haarlem († 1947)
• Adriana Stoffelina van de WEG, Dordrecht
• Agnes Campbell, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland
• Anna Nieuweboer, Ursem († 1874)
• Ankje Scheepvaart, Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1966)
• adriana Maria MAAS, etten († 1910)
• Amandus Henricus Baptistus Sprengers, Haarlem († 1947)

• Annigje Arends, Twello gem. Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hoogduin (0), Wassenaar
• Antje Schager (21), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje ter Haak (0), Zaandam (Zaanstad), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van der Leeuw (0), Den Haag
• Andries van Zoeren (0), Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Blankena (0), Wierden
• Antje Willems Asma (53), St Nicolaasga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Fluijt (0), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schaible (75), Döffingen, Malchin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany

• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

• 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.
• March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on December 28, 1873 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.