About the day » Saturday May 11, 1872Calender converter

• Anna Maria Engelina Jansen-, Odoorn, Nederland († 1907)
• Geesje Van Der Weide, Hollandscheveld († 1898)
• , Boekel († 1938)
• Aantje Marigje Kuil, Arkel, Netherlands († 1913)
• Andries Hendrik Janus, Haarlem († 1950)
• * Gijsbert Voorneveld, Vinkeveen en Waterveen
• Anna Maria Engelina Janssen, Zandberg / NL († 1907)
• Adriaan Willem de Groot, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1951)
• Abeltje Eendhuizen, Noordbroek († 1899)
• Anna Maria Engelina Jansen, Odoorn († 1907)

• Aaltje Willems van den Belt (69), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Visser (1), Venhuizen
• Adolf Avraham Redlich (35), Katowice, Slaskie, Poland
• Allegonda Dijk van (58), Appeltern
• Alberdina Hagedoorn (70), Zuidlaren
• Anne Joséphine de MARNEFFE (88)
• Adrianus Nobel (57), lekkerkerk (zuid holland)
• Alberdina Hagedoorn (70), Zuidlaren
• Anna Mechtildis DINGENS (32), Camerlo (Limburg) (B)
• Aaltje Reijmerink (49), 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on May 11, 1872 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.