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• Albertus Lodewijk Zaalberg, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aaltje Trenning, Vriescheloo, Groningen, Nederland († 1875)
• Andreas Cornelis Schuurmans, Schiedam
• Albert Karel, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1873)
• Annie L O'Connor, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Ada Frances McIntosh, Tipton County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Agatha Groot, Hoogwoud († 1937)
• Adriana van Wensveen, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriaan de VRIEND, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrian Victor Wesley Hope-Vere

• Antje Blokdijk (40), Haarlem
• Aartje Joziasse (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana Schoones (0), Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Gerlofs Beers (47), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Josephus van der Tuijn (0), Rotterdam,-
• Antje Hemmes Jager (77), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Housmans (47), Echt, Lim, Nederland
• Aart de Bree (63), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Beers(ke) (47), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Leedekerken (85), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

The temperature on February 16, 1873 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.