About the day » Thursday July 31, 1873Calender converter

• Anthonis Cornelis Karremans, Roosendaal, Noord Brabant († 1947)
• Alida Wilhelmina Singelenberg, Delft († 1943)
• Andries van Zadel, Santpoort († 1873)
• Aaltien Wijnhold-, Roswinkel, Nederland († 1874)
• Aagje Johanna Maria Elizabeth Buitelaar, 's Gravenzande († 1916)
• Albertus Jerfaas Angelino, Ochten (GL)-Netherlands († 1949)
• Alice Sophie Beerensson, Bradford
• Alida-Wilhelmina Singelenberg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aaltje Schaart, Zwartsluis († 1875)
• Knoop, Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1873)

• Antonie van Haren (57), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks de Hoop (30), Weststellingwerf
• Cornelia Matthijsdr (Keetje) Molenaar (66), Zandvoort, Nederland
• Barend Kempen (0), Delfshaven
• Anna Marie Landgraf (0), Landsberg bei Halle, Saalkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
• Arend Zuithoff (54), Groningen
• Antonius Crusio 1 (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Janssen (68), Sevenum
• Adriaantje Luiten (8), Spijkenisse
• Catharina Vis (45), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1860 » Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)
• 1886 » Fred Quimby, American animation producer († 1965)
• 1886 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss († 1931)
• 1887 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
• March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

The temperature on July 31, 1873 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.