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• Anna Grezee, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus de Voogt, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de graaf, spijkenisse († 1937)
• Antonia van Eyck, Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Alice Ann Hayes, Monterey, Fulton County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Adriaantje de Graaf, Spijkernisse († 1937)
• Akke CAPTEIN, Den Helder († 1897)
• IJsbrand van Rijn, Katwijk († 1960)
• Anna Helena Blauwgeers, Loo († 1951)
• Anderina van der Schors, Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1889)

• Anna Theresia HERINCKX (70), Asse (B)
• Adriaan van Gils (27), Fijnaart
• Antonius van de Westelaken (78), Sint Michielsgestel
• Albert Buring (64), (DR) Peize
• Carolus Antonius Dommelen (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• SMITHUIS (0), Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carolus Antonius van Dommelen (63), Utrecht
• Albert Buiringe (64), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carolus Antonius van DOMMELEN (63), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan van Gils (27), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1866 » Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist († 1936)
• 1869 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus († 1936)
• 1870 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1870 » Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer († 1948)
• 1874 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author († 1949)
• 1876 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician († 1937)
• 1877 » Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist († 1967)
• 1877 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1878 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist († 1948)
• 1880 » Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist († 1967)

• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
• 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
• 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)

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 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.
• March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.

The temperature on April 30, 1873 was about 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.