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• Albertus van Dillen, Culemborg
• Angeline Nancy Nannie Tucker († 1950)
• * Martina den Besten, Beesd († 1940)
• Anna Christina Sterk, den haag († 1878)
• Albertus van Dillen, Culemborg (GL)
• Angelina Schiffers, Vaals († 1953)
• Anna Carolina Van Den Berg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas († 1942)
• Albert Hondorp, Zwiep (Lochem) († 1957)
• Albertien Visger, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1935)
• Alida Catharina Aalders, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1953)

• Arend van der Knaap (1), Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Hoorelbeke (43), Bredene, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arend Jan Karsenberg (25), Herike, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Beckers (76), Maasbracht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonie Heeman (78), Ouder Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dingemans (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van der Lee (0), Bunnik, 3981, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Beckers (76), Maasbracht
• Arend van der Knaap (1), Rozenburg
• ANNA ELISABETH CAEYERS (42), MOL

• 1855 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French historian, author, and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States († 1932)
• 1860 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist († 1920)
• 1862 » Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel († 1939)
• 1867 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer († 1950)
• 1870 » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)
• 1883 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright († 1957)
• 1885 » Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator († 1954)
• 1890 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor († 1963)
• 1890 » Edward Arnold, American actor († 1956)

• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)

• 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 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

The temperature on February 18, 1873 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.