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• Adriana Eekels, Vlijmen
• Adriana Eekels, Vlijmen († 1954)
• Alida Maria Holzhauer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alida Anna Schilperoort, Delft Zhl. NL († 1922)
• Adriana Dieden, Cromvoirt († 1891)
• Abraham deHollander († 1940)
• Anna Catharina Keulers, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1956)
• Andries Zurink, Deventer
• Alida Wijnanda Botzen, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Alexander Robert Kolmus, Batavia († 1936)

• Anna Maria Elisabetha Jörg (66), Nördlingen(DEU)
• Albert Jalink (0), Heino, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Rutsen (40), Winkel
• Adrien STEENHAUT (77), Enghien,7850,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• "August" Karl Emanuel von Bellegarde (77), Wien, Autriche
• Anna Catharina Heijningen (25), Voorschoten
• 00 Petronella van der Wurf (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• "Michel" François Gabriel de Bellomayre (71), Paris
• Abraham Molenaar (63), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Heijningen (26), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1867 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1867 » William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion († 1953)
• 1868 » Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist († 1946)
• 1870 » Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer († 1959)
• 1870 » Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic († 1915)
• 1870 » Julio Ruelas, Mexican painter († 1907)
• 1876 » Swami Kalyan Dev, philosopher [year disputed] († 2004)
• 1876 » Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)
• 1880 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant († 1941)

• 1824 » Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)

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.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

The temperature on June 21, 1873 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.