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• Anna Maria Koppers, Druten († 1941)
• Adriana van DULLEMEN, Arnemuiden († 1950)
• Anna Maria Theresia Philomena Coolen, Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Anna Maria Hendrina Reintjes, Griethausen, Duitsland
• Alice Martha Burch, Cooke County, TX († 1960)
• "Károly" Ferdinánd Viktor Vine Mária Chorinsky, Veselí nad Moravou / Wessely an der March, Tchéquie († 1948)
• Adrian Merizon Sr, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• Anne Gerkes Walinga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1889)
• Antje Harmens de Vries, Nes
• * Petronella Susanna Elisabeth Baars, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1878)

• Alexander Maertens (52), Brugge West Vlaanderen Belgie
• ANNA CATHERINA HUFEKNS (92), Geel
• Albertje Fokkes KOOPAL (10), Menaldumadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Adriaan Wouters (85), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Leonardus Evers (45), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hubertus Libois (44), Stevensweert, Maasgouw
• Akke Stellinga (49), De Krim
• Anna van den Bedem (0), Amersfoort
• Adrianus Wouters (85), Tilburg
• Agnes Verfaille (68), Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen (B)

• 1864 » Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter († 1943)
• 1875 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer († 1956)
• 1876 » Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer († 1958)
• 1876 » Tomáš Baťa, Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes († 1932)
• 1880 » Otto Weininger, Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author († 1903)
• 1881 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy († 1954)
• 1882 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop († 1952)
• 1883 » Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)

• 1838 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)

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.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• 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 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

The temperature on April 3, 1873 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.