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Born on Monday August 18, 1873
- * Jacoba Kaptein, Heinenoord († 1908)
- Aaltje Jannessen, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 1894)
- (m) Feuring, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Adriana van der Wiel, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
- Adolf Maximiliaan Wilkens, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1925)
- Anna van Montenegro († 1971)
- Andries Pulles, Drunen
- Albert Meinders, Haren († 1936)
- Abraham Ortje, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
- Andries Drop, Vlaardingen
Died on Monday August 18, 1873
- Adam Bijl (0), Herkingen
- Adrianus Petrus Bogers (0), Bergen op Zoom
- Agatha de Horn (32), DORDRECHT, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Jans Breed gehuwd (59), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
- Arie Johannes BODIJN (34), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arie Leendertsz den Engelse (34), Dinteloord, Noord Brabant
- Alida Hermina Kersten (0), Utrecht
- Antonius Adamus Hubertus Majolée (41), Echt (Schilberg)
- Antonius van der Loo (0), Amersfoort
- Anna Maria van Melis (1), Mil en St.Hubert
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 18, 1873 at Delpher
Born on August 18
- 1855 » Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator († 1942)
- 1857 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary († 1926)
- 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
- 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
- 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
- 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
- 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
- 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
- 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
- 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
Died on August 18
- 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
- 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
- 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
- 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
- 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
- 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
- 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
- 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
- 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
- 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
Names that were popular for boys in 1873
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Hendrikus
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
Names that were popular for girls in 1873
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Helena
- Grietje
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1873
- 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.
- February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
- September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- 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 weather on Monday August 18, 1873
The temperature on August 18, 1873 was about 21.9 °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 51%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI