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• Anna Geertrui Noot, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Coenradina de Ridder, Ginneken († 1912)
• Anna Katharina Sophia Zurfehr, Wesuwe-Book († 1928)
• Alice Ghislaine DEPREZ, Wauthier-Braine, 25111, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1954)
• Anna Catharina Sophia - Anna Zurvehr, Wesuwer Brook, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1928)
• Aaltje Snijder, De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1878)
• Kathmann, Geest, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1873)
• ADRIANA CORNELIA VROLIJK, SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE) († 1926)
• Annie Eliza Sherren, London, England († 1923)
• Adriana van Hees, Hilvarenbeek

• Adrianus Emmerzaal (0), Oostvoorne
• Anje Derks Poelman (71), Aduard
• Kathmann (0), Geest, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adam Ketel (0), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland Oosterstr
• Abraham van der Reijden (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart de Regt (77), Nieuw Beijerland
• Adriaan SCHOOLMEESTER (0), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anje Derks Poelman (71), Hoogemeeden (Gem. Aduard), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Verbeek (57), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Jansen (56), Teteringen

• 1863 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary († 1942)
• 1863 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect († 1920)
• 1864 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author († 1916)
• 1874 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet († 1938)
• 1877 » Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1879 » Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar († 1962)
• 1880 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire († 1968)
• 1882 » Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler († 1964)
• 1882 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor († 1977)
• 1884 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician († 1937)

• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)

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.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• 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 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• 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.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on April 18, 1873 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.