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• Abraham Frederik Clignett, Samarang, Midden-Java, Indonesië († 1937)
• Abraham Frederik Clignett, Semarang
• Anna Geertruida de Groot, Nieuwveen († 1873)
• Alida Verkaaik, Gouda († 1873)
• Anna van den Berg, Vrijenban († 1873)
• Adriana Helena van Velzen, Hof van Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alexander Strachan, Fraserburgh,Aberdeen,Scotland
• Albertus Bakker
• Assendelft 235
• Albertus ten Heuvel, Gorinchem († 1873)

• Adriana van Tongelre (62), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Gaukes Bakker (0), Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Bartels (Ligterman) (36), Den Ham, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Ligterman (36), Vroomshoop
• Aaltien Koops (25), Smilde
• Anna Adehleid Stevens (83), Oberlangen, Lathen
• Arend Hartman (5), Hoogeveen nederland
• Anna Bartels (35), Den Ham
• Adriaan Schrier (0), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arend Koerts Hartman (5), Tiendeveen (Beilen)

• 1857 » Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil († 1909)
• 1858 » Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer († 1927)
• 1858 » Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer († 1929)
• 1861 » William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire († 1927)
• 1864 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author († 1945)
• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)
• 1883 » Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic († 1920)
• 1890 » Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter († 1918)

• 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)

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.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• 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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on June 12, 1873 was about 14.1 °C. There was 17 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.