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• Alte Jassies, Steenwijkerwold († 1947)
• Aletta Hendrina du Toit († 1958)
• Antje Stoker, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anne Gerrits Eekhof, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Bruijn, de, Amsterdam Nhl. NL († 1947)
• Anna Adriana de Bruijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adrianus Zorge, Dirksland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aart Walet († 1873)
• Alfred Heywood Farnham, Heywood, VIC, Australia († 1953)
• Andries Wondergem, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1894)

• Alida Raaphorst (41), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham, second baron Calkoen (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonie Albertus LAMERS (54), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Eitjes Kuiper, Nijehaske, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kats (26), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)
• Antje Jeremias Spoelstra (44), Bolsward
• Aaltje Van Den Belt (70), Heerde/Wapenveld
• Antje Hoogzaad (31), Nieuwe Niedorp
• Annetje Kroeze (1), Oldebroek
• Adriana Coenraadsd ROOS (73), Ridderkerk

• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• 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.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on May 11, 1873 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.