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• Alida van Malssen, Culemborg (GL) († 1954)
• Adriana Huisert, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1944)
• Albertus ZAAIJER, Lienden, Buren, Zuidwest-Gelderland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1872)
• Alina Florentina Callebaut, Hekelgem
• Aaltje van den Berg, Oudega († 1950)
• , Lienden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis Verhoeven, Woensel (Eindhoven) († 1885)
• Aaltje Engbers, Steenderen († 1953)
• Adriaan Michielsen, Chaam († 1872)
• Aart Nootenboom, Katendrecht († 1911)

• Adrianus Neefs (0), Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana Halling (31), Stolwijk
• Augustinus Kersemans (24), Gierle
• Kentie (0), Bergambacht, Gemeente Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie de Kluizenaar (21), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anthony Jan Lucas baron Stratenus (64), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Groeneveld (0), Utrecht
• Anna Keizer (53), Heerde
• Antje Beets (22), Beemster
• Anna Maria Jacobs (60), Opoeteren, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1863 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary († 1942)
• 1863 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect († 1920)
• 1864 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author († 1916)
• 1874 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet († 1938)
• 1877 » Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1879 » Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar († 1962)
• 1880 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire († 1968)
• 1882 » Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler († 1964)
• 1882 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor († 1977)
• 1884 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician († 1937)

• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)

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 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.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.

The temperature on April 18, 1872 was about 9.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.