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• Albert Mensink, Harfsen († 1914)
• Anna Maria Simons, Baarle-Nassau († 1879)
• Aagje Boender, Charlois († 1950)
• Adriana van der Kuil, Hardinxveld († 1941)
• Anna Cornelia de Leeuw, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Alfred PALLEN, Gingelom, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aagje Haringhuizen, Midwoud, Nederland († 1891)
• Alida Mieras, Krabbendijke († 1873)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Adèle de Pesters, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1945)
• Amelia Peeters, Herenthout, België († 1967)

• Adriana Johanna Boone (54), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anthonie van den Brink (59), Nijkerk
• Albertus ter Heerdt (72), Voorst
• Angelina DE SAMBLANCKX (38), Borchtlombeek
• Barend de Jong (81), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van den Brink (60), Nijkerk
• Arnoldus Andreas Robben (30), Udenhout
• Adrianus de Vaan (0), Vlijmen
• Angelina DE SAMBLANCX (38), Borchtlombeek,1761,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan Cornelis Bellaard Lormier (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)

• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)

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.
• 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.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on August 24, 1873 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.