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• Abraham Zwart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Antoon Herman Reinier Everhardt Goedhart, Arnhem, Provincie Gelderland († 1942)
• Amanda E. Ferrell, Wake County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1938)
• Albert Jarmyn, Port Gawler, New South Wales, Australia († 1936)
• Antje Nuis, Meerland,gem Midwolda († 1940)
• Anthonia Freancisca Nimwegen van, Utrecht († 1957)
• Aagje Trouwborst, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Anna Janna Margina Sepers, Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Anna van Kerkvoorde, Steenwijk († 1955)
• Aaron Kerkhof, Beerta gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 1940)

• Antonet van der VELDEN (59), Boekel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Emilia Sleebos (0), Soemenep
• Anna Baars (0), Delft
• Arend Tijmes (0), Loon
• Albertus Josephus Fillet (82), Hoeleden
• Anna Gertrudis Cingel (68), Utrecht
• aagje werrie (34), montfoort
• Anna Catharina TIMMERMANS (39), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Arend Tijmes (0), Loon
• Anna Maria Thielen (36), Bergen L

• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)

• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)

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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

The temperature on May 29, 1873 was about 12.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.