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• Adrianus Alphonsus Van Looveren, Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus Arnoldus Huiberts, Zwaag († 1911)
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Schouten, Kralingen
• Buma, Leeuwarden († 1873)
• Antje Geerlings, Groningen († 1957)
• Agnes Wensveen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Rutten, Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Doornbos, Steenwijkerwold († 1896)
• Alberdina KOERT, Vossebelt, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1916)
• Aagje van der Graaf, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• Anne-Françoise Wolff Metternich de Gracht (31)
• Aaltje Pieters Vloon (0), Westzaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth Latour (69), Malempré, 6960, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Anna-Franziska von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (31), Soden, Germany
• Abraham Ziervogel (36)
• Buma (0), Leeuwarden
• Annetje Paulina de Frel (0), Stad aan 't Haringvliet
• Albert Altena (39), Lutten
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Duijtemeijer (71), Schiedam,-
• Anna-Franziska WOLFF-METTERNICH ZUR GRACHT (31), Soden

• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)
• 1880 » Arthur Dove, American painter and educator († 1946)

• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)

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 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.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on August 2, 1873 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.