About the day » Wednesday June 11, 1873Calender converter

• Jan Willem Maria Loyson, Ubach over worms († 1932)
• Adrianus Sijmons, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1877)
• Anna Maria Dekkers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1894)
• Albert Santing, Meppel
• Adriana Cornelia van Wijk, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Buikema, Eenrum, Westernieland († 1908)
• Anje Daanje, Sappemeer (NL) († 1957)
• Antonia Maria van Beek, Zevenbergen (NL) († 1943)
• Jan Willem Maria Loijson, Ubachjover worms († 1932)
• Anna Maria Adriana VAN DER LITH, Leiden

• Anna Formenooij (45), Zierikzee
• Aleida van Dooren (38), Steendijk (Assen)
• Adriana Kramer (29), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Tammos (Tammes) Kappenburg (55), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Ginneken (69), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Bernardus van der Heijden (0), Reusel
• Aurelia Ruurds Faber (40), Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Andries van Iterson (65), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van HAM (1), 's-Gravendeel
• Baatje Jeltes Brantsma (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1861 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria († 1933)
• 1864 » Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1867 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic († 1945)
• 1871 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician († 1928)
• 1876 » Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist († 1960)
• 1877 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author († 1909)
• 1879 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager († 1944)
• 1880 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician († 1973)
• 1881 » Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism († 1983)
• 1881 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter († 1963)

• 1847 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
• 1879 » William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
• 1882 » Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
• 1903 » Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1903 » Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)

• 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.
• February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

The temperature on June 11, 1873 was about 25.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.