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• Annigje Jans Post, Hellendoorn († 1941)
• Agatha van Hage, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
• Anna Gesina Kleene, Versen
• Agatha Blokland, Oudewater († 1873)
• Aaltje van Beek, Apeldoorn
• Agnes de Bijl, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Adam Joseph Loerakker, Haarlem († 1958)
• Adriana van Kooten, Rietveld, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1874)
• (m) Feisel, Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg
• Albert van den Heuvel, Zoutkamp, Ulrum († 1946)

• Anna Catharina Slot (2), Goor
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Klem (1), Delft
• Adrianus Jonker (68), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Zalm (66), Rossum
• (2) Jansje van Duin (41), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antonia van Hintum (21), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Baptist (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anthonia SPRATO (87), Dordrecht
• Anthonia Stuijvenberg (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Christiaan Höfelt (41), Zwartsluis

• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
• 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (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 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

The temperature on December 9, 1873 was about -2.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.