About the day » Wednesday July 23, 1873Calender converter

• Albert Edward Kirby, Newport.I.O.Wight († 1940)
• Pieter Kamminga, Menaldum Friesland († 1911)
• Abraham Jongkind, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna de Wit, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Adriana Schippers, Alem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertus Hendrikus Padberg, Avereest, Nederland († 1909)
• Anders Marius Nikolai Thoresen, Qvalnes Sund Tjøtta († 1951)
• Anna Catharina Van Engelenburg
• Abram Vollenhoven, Van, Rotterdam († 1878)
• Aagje Bolding, Zaandam, NH, Nederland († 1912)

• (0), Blankenberge, W. Vl., Belgi
• Antonette van Arendonk (81), Oosterhout (Brabant) Overl Akte
• Antonie Post (80), Amsterdam
• Anna van der Wilden (15), Warmond
• Antje Abdias Noordbeek (100), Harlingen
• Aaltje Smelt (71), Huizen (Hoogeveen) 134
• Anna Cornelia Backx (56), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnieta BECKERINGH (67), Sneek,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Draayer, schiermonnikoog
• Annigje Veen (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1864 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines († 1903)
• 1865 » Henry Norris, English businessman and politician († 1934)
• 1866 » Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic († 1950)
• 1878 » James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1946)
• 1882 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1948)
• 1883 » Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London († 1963)
• 1884 » Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor († 1950)
• 1885 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume († 1935)
• 1885 » Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist († 1955)
• 1886 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat († 1978)

• 1833 » Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)

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 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

The temperature on July 23, 1873 was about 33.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.