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• van den Broek, Strijp († 1873)
• Anna Adams, Muenchen Gladbach, Rheinland Preußen, Germany
• Aagje van der Waals, Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1929)
• Alberdina Kleinlugtenbeld, Ommen († 1908)
• Alida VAN DUIN, Noordwijk († 1964)
• Adrianus Franciscus Verhallen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelisdr van Duijn, Noordwijk († 1964)
• Alida Josina Johanna van Oosten, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Francina PRETORIUS
• Agnes Elizabeth Dunlop, Heathcote Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1938)

• Carl Ludwig Vogt (56), Lohne, Duitsland
• Agnes Ramage (54), Little Mossend, Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
• Adriaan Janssens (76), Tilburg Nederland
• Adriaantje de Snoo (0), 's-Gravendeel
• Barbara Vleminckx (14), Steenokkerzeel
• ? van den Broek (0), Strijp
• Benjamin Salomons van Gelder (73), Assen (Drenthe)
• Albert Johan Martens (3), Eibergen, Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gomes (0), Den Burg
• Adriaantje de Snoo (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland

• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)

• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)

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.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on June 17, 1873 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.