About the day » Saturday April 27, 1872Calender converter

• ADRIANA KRAMER, OUD-BEIJERLAND († 1923)
• Anna Catharina Stroobach, Uitgeest (NH, NLD) († 1941)
• Adam Cornelis van Son, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Petrus Maria Strybol, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen († 1872)
• Aart Gennesse Genisse, Dordrecht († 1932)
• Andries Cornelis Steketee, Kruiningen
• Albertus Assman, Zwolle
• Adrianus Canisius Leenders, Nijmegen († 1872)
• Aaltje Luitjens Dooper, Balk († 1946)
• Alexander Gerard Kiliaan, Soerakarta, Java, Ned. Indie († 1937)

• ADRIANA CORNELIA VROLIJK (25), SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE)
• Antje van Pelt (25), Poederoijen
• Albert Wevers (8), Eibergen,Gemeente Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie van den IJssel (44), Montfoort
• Alida Maria Fortuijn (24), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Akke Feddes Rymsma (69), Terwispel, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hollemans (25), Willemstad
• Tachie (71), Zierikzee
• Abraham E. Breen (42), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
• Adriana Cornelisdr Kraak (84), Strijen

• 1853 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic († 1914)
• 1857 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1914)
• 1861 » William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian († 1948)
• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)
• 1891 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1953)

• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)

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 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on April 27, 1872 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.