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• Aime Marie Joseph de Vleeschouwer, Koewacht, Zeeland, Nederland
• ?? MOQUAY († 1873)
• Amelia Adelheid "Emma" Merkel, Irondequoit, Monroe, New York, United States († 1913)
• Adrianus Joannes van Duppen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Aagje Rijnders, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1962)
• Adrianus van Elk, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Goddrie, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Alijda (Daatje) van der Wardt, Eemnes († 1939)
• Veen, Lopik († 1873)
• Aaltje Langhout, Hazerswoude († 1874)

• Aafje van Doornik (48), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Goes (7), Hagestein
• Anna Catharina Van Houtven (68), Mortsel, 2640, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus Pals (74), Terheijden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adriana Smekens (63), Gouda
• Aaltje Jonker (48), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Dreesens (45), Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Nederland
• Adriana Antonia Oosterwaal (1703), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriana Groenendijk (2), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Anna Jans Pollingh (63), Winschoter-Zuiderveen (gem. Oldambt)

• 1868 » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator († 1946)
• 1869 » J. R. Clynes, English trade unionist and politician, Home Secretary († 1949)
• 1869 » James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1938)
• 1871 » Heinrich Mann, German author and poet († 1950)
• 1871 » Joseph G. Morrison, American captain and Nazarene minister († 1939)
• 1871 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician, Minister of Labour († 1948)
• 1875 » Albert Marquet, French painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)
• 1879 » Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1947)

• 1849 » Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
• 1850 » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)

• 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.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• 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.
• 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 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

The temperature on March 27, 1873 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%.