About the day » Monday September 29, 1873Calender converter

• Andreas Michael Schenkeveld, Maasland († 1873)
• André Auguste Marie Putman, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adelbertus Roskam, Alkmaar († 1874)
• Riedstra, Hardegarijp († 1873)
• Afra Anna Hofland, Grootebroek († 1942)
• Adelbertus Roskam, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alma Christine Dyson, Menomonie Junction, Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1942)
• Aaltje de Vries, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Peters, Grathem, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Versteegen, Zoeterwoude,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Alida Jacoba Wilhelmina Wagemaker (57), Amsterdam
• Anthonia Maria Catharina Wolf (0), Delft
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• Anje van Dijk (37), Vierhuizen
• Aaltje Hendriks Sweepe (52), Groningen
• Antje Hendriks Top (29), Grand Rapids, VS
• Albertus Boekhorst (48), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Simons Weg (41), Bedum
• Annigje van Oorschot (0), Ridderkerk
• Abraham Soldaat (36), melissant (goeree overflakkee)

• 1853 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist († 1917)
• 1863 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1919)
• 1864 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author († 1936)
• 1866 » Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician († 1934)
• 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
• 1885 » George Scott, English footballer († 1916)
• 1891 » Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter († 1974)

• 1833 » Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)

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 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
• March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

The temperature on September 29, 1873 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.