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• Albertus Alexander Maria (Albert) van der Kallen, Sneek, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert Wiekema, Rolde, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1875)
• Aalt Bertus Wilhelm van de Beek, Foxholsterbosch....Geboorte akte Hoogezand 1873 Nr. 158 († 1935)
• Anna Catharina Nee, Emen, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Adelheid Konen, Wilholte, Oberlangen
• Aalt Wilhelm Bertus van de Beek, Foxholsterbosch
• Adriana Maas, Stratum († 1947)
• Adriana cornelia van der graaff, Geervliet († 1901)
• Alfred H Wagner, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1922)
• Adriana Maria de Veer, Zegwaart († 1920)

• Aukjen Aukes Helmholt (74), Drachten
• Amelia Theresia Losschaert (Looschaert) (44), Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aukjen Aukes Helmhout, Drachten
• Anna Maria Borgerhoff Van Den Bergh (34), Wiesbaden
• Anna Dijkxhoorn (0), Maasland
• Antje Roosendaal (26), Enkhuizen, prov. Noord Holland
• Aukjen Aukes Helmhout (74), ,, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Auktje Aukes Helmholt (74), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Sintnicolaas (0), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Arie Weijers (0), Katendrecht (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
• 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (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.
• January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
• June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
• June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• 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 August 15, 1873 was about 23.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.