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• Anne Catherine Roggemans, Gemmenich (B)
• Adriana berdina venix, kralingen († 1948)
• Aleida Weda, Weststellingwerf († 1875)
• Annigje Maria van de Griend (van der Griend), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland
• Anna Charlotte Caroline Brusch, Neustadt-Glewe, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Neustadt-Glewe († 1965)
• Anna Augusta Elizabeth Schumacher, Sedan, South Australia, Australia († 1949)
• Adrianus Johannes Mollevanger, Gouda, Nederland († 1966)
• annigje maria van der GRIEND, zuid beijerland
• Aalbert van Remmerden, Veenendaal, Nederland
• Vos, Kerkenveld (Zuidwolde)

• Baptiste Joseph Lamotte (63), Zaltbommel, Nederland
• Emilius Johannes Hubertus Wilhelmus Jaspar (0), Meerssen
• Anna van der Kraaij (75), Haarlem, Haarlem, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Alderina Antonides (26), Slochteren
• Anna Dehnen (27), Duisburg, Rheinland
• Aaltje VOS (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina van der Steen (0), Ridderkerk
• Anna van der Kraaij (75), Haarlem
• Cornelia Gaanderse (58), Zonnemaire gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zl. NL
• Adrianus Hoos (12), Beesd

• 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
• 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
• 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
• 1872 » Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic († 1947)
• 1875 » Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator († 1947)
• 1880 » João Cândido Felisberto, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor († 1969)
• 1880 » Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
• 1881 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright († 1949)
• 1882 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1953)
• 1882 » Carl Diem, German businessman († 1962)

• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

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 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 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• 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.

The temperature on June 24, 1873 was about 15.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.