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• Adrianus Josephus van der Heijden, Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Aletta RACKWITZ, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Zaaijer, dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Akke Timmenga, Tzum (Franekeradeel)
• Albartus TELTING, Sneek
• Adrianus Antonius Poolman, Schiedam,- († 1954)
• Aleida Maria Hulshof, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Akke Koster, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Annigje van 't Veer, Wilsum († 1932)
• Anna Maria Nieuwkoop, Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)

• Aaltje Jacobs XX Schol (83), EaZ
• Albert de Groot (2), Harfsen
• Aagje van der Schelling (34), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana BIEMANS (2), Oosterhout,Gemeente Oosterhout,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Maria DOMS (79), Puurs,2870,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aagje van Es (20), Leiden
• Aaltje Jacobs SCHOL (82), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Elings (27), Wageningen, Gld, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Schol (82), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Albertis Achterberg (0), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1864 » Charles Marion Russell, American painter and sculptor († 1926)
• 1865 » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic († 1937)
• 1868 » Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator († 1954)
• 1871 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach († 1921)
• 1872 » Anna Held, Polish singer († 1918)
• 1873 » Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1916)
• 1875 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord († 1928)
• 1876 » Felix Jacoby, German philologist († 1959)
• 1880 » Ernestine Rose, American librarian and advocate († 1961)
• 1881 » Edith Nourse Rogers, American social worker and politician († 1960)

• 1816 » Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
• 1871 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
• 1897 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
• 1900 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1900 » John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)

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.
• February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

The temperature on March 19, 1873 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.