About the day » Friday August 8, 1873Calender converter

• Aaltje Louwe, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Alida Swierenga, Rotterdam
• Alayde da Costa Mendes, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1955)
• Blondina Orens, Zandvliet, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Antoine Loopuyt, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Adolph Stephanus Bierhuizen, Delfshaven († 1926)
• Adolf Pasternack, Lötzen
• Aleida Maria (Rika) ten Berge, Weststellingwerf, Steggerda, FR, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia Hijstek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Adriana Nielsen, Oudewater, Oudewater, Utrecht, The Netherlands († 1952)

• Aartje Catharina Teekman (54), Zandvoort
• Adriana Philippina Sassen (52), Maastricht
• anna Cornelia Maria TIMMERS (0), haarlem
• "Gustave" Marie Labbe de Champgrand (65), Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Loiret, France
• Alida Veldhuizen (0), Scherpenzeel
• Aaltje Gerks Lei (39), Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Johannes Van Der Voet (41), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Zomermaand, Steenwijkerwold,,Nederland
• Adelheid Frey (50), Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia Maria Timmers (0), Haarlem

• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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.
• February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• 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.
• September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on August 8, 1873 was about 20.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.