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• Adriaantje REHORST, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Roelofs, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1874)
• Anna catharina de Lange, Probolingo Bajeman ( Java Indonesie ) († 1967)
• van SWEEDEN, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 1873)
• Alice Iola McLAIN, Harvey Co KS
• Abraham Dorland
• Anna Lerk, Leeuwarden († 1876)
• Alphonse CASTELEYN, Zedelgem († 1948)
• Aaltje Abbekerk, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Anna Louise Gosche, New Hamburg, Scott County, MO († 1955)

• Anna Margretha Jansen (36), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Augustinus Petrus Timmerman (26), Oostburg
• Angela Mammes (1), Papenburg
• Aaltje Sjoerds Wijbenga (24)
• Adriana Baaij (0), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anne Baukes Wierda (42), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Sjoerds Wybenga (24), Vrouwenparochie
• Anna Kooijman (Kooiman, Cooijman, Kooyman) (29), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Antoni Distelvelt (6), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gessel (65), Groningen

• 1861 » Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author († 1933)
• 1864 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician († 1938)
• 1866 » Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint († 1932)
• 1871 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Cyril Scott, English poet and composer († 1970)
• 1879 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach († 1962)
• 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)
• 1882 » Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player († 1965)
• 1885 » Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician († 1965)

• 1832 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
• 1833 » Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
• 1838 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
• 1876 » Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
• 1886 » Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
• 1898 » Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1911 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
• 1917 » Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)

• 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 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 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.
• 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.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.

The temperature on September 27, 1873 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.