About the day » Saturday March 1, 1873Calender converter

• Alice Kate Wiseby, Wormingford, Essex, England († 1918)
• Aaltje Zwaan, Huisduinen (gem. den Helder, NH) († 1946)
• Abraham Leijden van Amstel Aandagt († 1873)
• (Stillborn) STUIT, Pieterburen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1873)
• Abel Geerts Huiges, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1922)
• Aleida Ipskamp, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Elisabeth Catharina Geerligs, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Abel Huiges, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adrianus van den Broek, Beek (Geverik-Lb)
• Adrianus Hermanus Steffens, Zutphen (Gld.) († 1959)

• Adrianus Daas (8), Standdaarbuiten
• Aleijda BENNEKER, Weerselo (Rossum)
• Adrianus Kinjet (57), Vessem
• Aleida Benneker (77), Weerselo
• Abel van TIL (0), Houwerzijl
• Adriaan Kinjet (57), Vessem
• (Stillborn) STUIT (0), Pieterburen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna, Maria Evers (4), Sint Odilienberg, Nederland
• Aagje Schouten (51), Kwadijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia de Keijzer (29), Halsteren

• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)
• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
• 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

• 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 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• 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.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

The temperature on March 1, 1873 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.