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• Adriaan Joseph Verhoeven, Alphen en Riel, Gemeente Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1874)
• Arie Ariesz. Gravendeel, Puttershoek
• Albertus Dericks, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Gravendeel, Puttershoek,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1938)
• Aagje Rohof, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Schrik, Nieuwe Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1945)
• Alexander Huybrechts, Lillo (Antwerpen) (België) († 1939)
• Andries Hesen, Helden, Li.NL
• Andreas Reekers, Wymbritseradeel
• Alvin Ogden, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia

• Antje KLEIN HESSELINK (70), Varsseveld, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Antje Hotzes Elzinga, Irnsum
• Auguste von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (72), Homburg, Hessen, Deutschland(DKR)
• Anne Klazes Kuipers (74)
• Auguste van Harrach-Rohrau-Thannhausen Vorstin v (72), Homburg v.d. Höhe, Hessen
• Antje Everts van Bolhuis (34), Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf Hindriks Houtman (75), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antjen Kleinhesselink (70), Varsseveld
• Aaltje Hart (1), Oudkarspel
• Agatha Barbara van der Lans (0)

• 1862 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1868 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author († 1969)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)

• 1825 » Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
• 1826 » Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on June 5, 1873 was about 25.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.