About the day » Saturday February 22, 1873Calender converter

• Albertus Johan Hermanus Veldhuizen, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Abel DE ROO, Assen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND († 1961)
• Aleida Maria Altink, Rijssen († 1956)
• Anna Adriana Veenenbos, Brielle († 1932)
• Alida Pieternella Nijveldt, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriaantje VERHEIJ, Hoogvliet († 1956)
• Aaldert (Albert) Monsuur, Dwingeloo, Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Abel DE ROO, Kloosterveen (Assen)
• ? ? († 1873)
• Andries Hanselman, Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)

• Anna Sophia Oskamp (0), Rotterdam
• Antonie van Oorschot (1), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria WORMHOUDT (1), Muiden,Noord-Holland,Netherlands
• Oosthoek (0), Rotterdam
• Antonius Hurkmans (0), Oude Niedorp
• Antje Oepts (37), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gestel (2), Chaam (NL)
• Adriana Haring (69), Schalkwijk
• Adriaantje Janse van Dijk (68), IJsselmonde (68 jaar en 4 mnd)
• Aaltje Vaartjes (76), Veenhuizen (Norg)

• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• 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 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on February 22, 1873 was about 0.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.