About the day » Monday December 8, 1873Calender converter

• Agatha Hof, Steenwijk († 1927)
• SPRUYT, Herselt, Antwerpen, België († 1932)
• Alida van der Leck, Utrecht († 1945)
• Alexander STEMPELS, Dordrecht
• Abraham van der MATTEN, Dordrecht
• Anna Maria van Jagel, Leiden († 1874)
• Anna Maria Gabriëls, Geel, België
• Alida Scheerlings, Haarlem
• Adriana Paulus, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Addo F. Borchers, Ridott Township, Illinois († 1939)

• Carel Karel Houtman (74), Harenkarspel
• Bartholomeus Eradus (0), Delft
• Adriana de Jongste (33), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Aalbertus Johannes Gelderman (70), Harderwijk
• Adrianus Albartus Johannes Gelderman (70), Harderwijk
• Antje Kool (57), Zaandijk, North Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jacobs Lukkien
• Adriana van GINDEREN (67), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana De JONGSTE (33), Strijen
• Adriana de Jongste (33), Strijen, Nederland

• 1863 » Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist († 1937)
• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)
• 1874 » Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician († 1951)
• 1875 » Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1877 » Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer († 1944)
• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)

• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)

• 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.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on December 8, 1873 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.