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• Andriesje Sipkesd van der Molen, Weststellingwerf =Wolvega, fr.nld
• Abraham Speijer, Alkmaar († 1943)
• Ana da Silva, Tatui, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albert Ernest Moore ** († 1919)
• Anna de Vries, Franeker († 1946)
• Adriana Dingena Wielhouwer, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Gerardus Middendorp, Delft († 1938)
• Annie Eliza Goodman, Dunedin, Otago, Nieuw-Zeeland († 1948)
• Adrianus Josephus COPPENS, Goirle († 1872)
• Wielders, Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Netherlands († 1872)

• Adrianus de Koning (53), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Scheepers Schepers (83), Gemeente Roosendaal, NL
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA (0), Menaldumadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Andries Steketee (89), Baarland
• Annegje Hartman (89), vredeveld assen
• ANNIGJE HARTMAN (88), VREDEVELD (GEMEENTE ASSEN)
• ANNA MARIA LEYS (28), Beerse
• Annigje Kalis (47), Velzen
• Anna Margaretha Rohling (25), Roswinkel (Emmen)
• Aaltje DUBBELD (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
• 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)

• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on March 6, 1872 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.