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• Adrianus Joosen, Wagenberg, Terheijden († 1945)
• van Es, Schiedam († 1944)
• Albertus Boon, Assendelft NH NL († 1948)
• Albert Overweg, Rheeze († 1929)
• Andries Cornelis Kooijman, Terschelling-Oosterend († 1970)
• Amerentia van Oost, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Andreas Mattheus Christiaan LANGEMEIJER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Albert Jan Blikman, Hellendoorn († 1958)
• Andries Kooiman, Terschelling, Nederland († 1970)
• Aaltje Sytzes Tigchelaar, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland

• Adrianus, Adriaan van Eijnatten (83), Steenbergen
• Barbara Koekkoek (0), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van EIJNATTEN (83), Steenbergen, 4233, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Stolk (2), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel Z.H
• Atje Melles Rinsma (79), Wirdum, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldina Planken (0)
• Adrianus Jacobus Middelburg (0), Monster
• Adriana Noorlander (0), Stolwijk
• Ana Francisca Meireles de Vianna Bandeira (29), Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
• Atje Rinsma (79), Wirdum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1862 » Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
• 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
• 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
• 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)
• 1874 » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author († 1928)
• 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
• 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)

• 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)

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 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• 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 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

The temperature on August 22, 1873 was about 22.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.