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Born on Wednesday February 26, 1873
- Afke Kornelis Kornelis, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Aafje Stam, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
- Adriana Sara de Rijcke, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1934)
- Albertus Tissing, Avereest
- Albert Bos, Surhuisterveen († 1938)
- Agatha KAPTEIJN, Alkmaar († 1945)
- Abraham van DIJKE, Sint Philipsland († 1950)
- Agatha Kapteijn, Alkmaar († 1945)
- Aafje Hagenaar, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
- Aafje Hagenaar, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday February 26, 1873
- Alijda van Hemert (0), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aaldrik Eppies (62), Kropswolde gem. Hoogezand
- Andreas Crutzen (37), Wittem (Mechelen), Limburg, Nederland
- Aalbert (Albert) Reinders (74), Voorst
- Aagje Hoogeboom (10), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Rosalia Vranken (38), Brustem, België
- Anna Maria Theunissen (61), Groesbeek, NL
- Anna Josephina Vervoort, Tessenderlo
- Anna Cornelia Sommer (0), Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
- Albert Pieters VISSER (34), Oosterbierum (Barradeel) Friesland Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 26, 1873 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De standaard
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on February 26
- 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
- 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
- 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
- 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
- 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
- 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
- 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
- 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)
- 1882 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral († 1968)
- 1885 » Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania († 1969)
Died on February 26
- 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
- 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
- 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
- 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
- 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
- 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
- 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
- 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
- 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
- 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
Names that were popular for boys in 1873
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Albert
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1873
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Jacoba
- Elizabeth
- Antje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1873
- 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 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.
- April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
- June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
- October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
Weather February 26, 1873
The temperature on February 26, 1873 was about 7.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.