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• Alida Margaretha Godijn, Alkmaar († 1952)
• Adrianus van den Boogaard (224.5.1.5.4.1), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Beate Maria BUYSKES, Batavia,Ned Indie († 1957)
• Alfons DE SMET, Hofstade
• Adriana Jansen, Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Aloysius Josephus van Wauwe, Temse († 1873)
• Andries Jelles Bekkema, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana de Neef, Retranchement, ZLD, Nederland
• Abraham Kruit, Leiden(ZH) († 1875)
• Albartus van de Vliert, Ede (Gelderland) († 1939)

• Anna Catharina Geerts (75), Westmalle
• Anna Richel (0), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Christina Krombach (65), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord Holland, Nedelrand
• Adrianus Goudriaan (0), oudewater (utrecht)
• Adriana Van ZANTEN (47)
• Antonius Kerstens (63), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Paping (74), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Anna Verpoort (58), Arnhem
• Anna Maria GRUBBEN (55), Blerick, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anthonie Frederikus van den Berkhof (16), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)
• 1884 » John Jensen, Australian public servant († 1970)
• 1884 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1966)
• 1885 » Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer († 1958)
• 1888 » Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator († 1971)

• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)

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.
• 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 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

The temperature on March 20, 1873 was about 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.