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• Anna Gesina Schulte, Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• "Gaston" Frédéric Marie Ghislain de Liedekerke, Wetteren, Belgique († 1958)
• Abram Rutger Krop, Aarlanderveen († 1873)
• Adriana Klazina Bosschaart, Zoelmond, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Aagtje Koningen, Aalsmeer († 1901)
• Aleida Louisa Andriessen, Goor, Gemeente Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1896)
• Aagtje de Koningen, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Albertine Françoise Koenen, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 1937)
• Anna Hendrika Matser, Arnhem († 1938)
• Abraham Jacobus Poissonnier, Schoondijke, Zeeland, NL

• Anna Catharina Wouters (75), Merksplas, Antwerpen België
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van Boland (41), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Bos (66), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina van Hooydonk (66), Halsteren
• Anthonie Beemsterboer (0), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (79), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Boland (41), Zutphen
• Abigail Cheney (73), New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Willem van der Schaar- (4), Haarlem, Nederland
• Arie in't Veld (0), Puttershoek

• 1860 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician († 1936)
• 1866 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1942)
• 1870 » Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian († 1952)
• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
• 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
• 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
• 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
• 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)

• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
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.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on October 7, 1872 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.