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• angèle désirée LIENARD, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Adriana Cornelia Groeneveld, Capelle, Sprang-Capelle († 1944)
• Alexandre Julien Joseph LAPAIX, Awans (Othée),4340,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1950)
• Annetje van den Berg, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1873)
• Anna Diena Jacoba Stremming, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Ambrosius Slijkerman, Zijpe († 1942)
• antje kool, monnickendam († 1925)
• Adelgundis Anna Maria Hubertina von Groote, Pech, Nordrhein-Westfalen Lande, Deutschland
• Antonia Ferraz da Silva, São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Antenor Leite, Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brasil

• Aike van Dijken (0), Holwierde gem. Bierum
• Anna van Staalduinen (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bartels (17), Uithoorn, Uithoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazen LOK (33), Wetering
• Anna Schade (72), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Wijkhuijs (49), Biggekerke
• Aaltje Hendriks Schaap (3), Huizen
• Andreas Josephus van Gool (0), Tilburg
• Barbara Gremmen (19), Appeltern(GLD)
• Antje Jonges (73)

• 1855 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator († 1924)
• 1858 » Charlotte Scott, English mathematician († 1931)
• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)
• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

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 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 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.
• November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

The temperature on June 8, 1873 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.