About the day » Thursday March 28, 1872Calender converter

• Adriana van Weert, Waalre († 1933)
• Albertus Hendrikus Hulshof, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert Kers, Hattem († 1921)
• Albert, Hattem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1921)
• Albert Diekema, Meeden, Nederland († 1905)
• Alberta Cornelia van Eijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Aloyisius Carpentier, Arendonk
• Aart Fredrik Christoffel Siebel, Rotterdam († 1886)
• Albert Wierman, Appingedam, Nederland († 1951)
• Aart Frederik Christoffel Siebel, Rotterdam

• Anna Maria Luyckx (64), Balen, België
• Albert Glas (1), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Antonetta Verdult (36), Nijlen (B)
• Agnes Sneekes (26), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Vanhoucke (74), Staden
• Alida Driehuis (42), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Adriana Boers (54), Utrecht
• Barbara Kouwenhoven (21), Mijdrecht
• Agatha Wolff (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Wolff (0), Delft

• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

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 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on March 28, 1872 was about 12.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.