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• Adriana Vingerhoets, Moergestel († 1940)
• Adrianus Franken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Opzeeland, Haarlemmerliede, gem. Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1903)
• Adrianus Stabel, Goirle (NL) († 1946)
• Anna Cecilia Wittenaar, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1905)
• Anne Dijkstra
• Anthonie Adriaan de Ruuk, Arnhem († 1930)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Koppen, Weert, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Leenaars, Terheijden, Gemeente Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Alberta Hanna Hendrika Maten, Heerde, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1950)

• Adriana Heistek (34), Werkendam,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Samuels de Mooij (72), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apert van Spijk (69), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Brouwer (2), Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Adriana van Bemmel (2), Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Martinusd. Kok (48), Amersfoort (UT Nederland)
• Abraham de Mooij (72), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ansaelm Lynch Ansalem Cobbs (39)
• Smeets (0), ,, Achthuizen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Koenraadt (11), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, NL

• 1868 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author († 1927)
• 1869 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan († 1932)
• 1870 » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer († 1936)
• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)

• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)

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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on May 6, 1873 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.