About the day » Friday June 21, 1872Calender converter

• Antonie Hermanus Verstraten, Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Antonius Boxmeer, Delft († 1944)
• Bastiaan Leendert Cornelis de Korver, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1948)
• Annechien Mellens, Zuidlaren,Drenthe,Nederland († 1961)
• Antonetta Boelen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Albertus Glansdorp, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1898)
• Arie de Meij, Leiden († 1873)
• Albert David, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Arie Geurts († 1875)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Brandt, Hoorn († 1962)

• Cornelis van Grieken (0), Uithoorn, Uithoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Annegien Geerts Riga (59), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Sonneveld (0), Maassluis, Nederland
• Amelia Himschoot (27), Adegem
• Barend Hendrik van der Kuijlen (53)
• Anna Maria Arntz (0), Leuth
• Atje Wijga (38), Harlingen
• Cornelis Hendrik VERBREE (1), Gouda
• Akke Klazes Leistra (0), Niawier
• Cornelis TOETER (2), Kampen (Overijssel)

• 1864 » Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss historian and critic († 1945)
• 1867 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1867 » William Brede Kristensen, Norwegian historian of religion († 1953)
• 1868 » Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist and anatomist († 1946)
• 1870 » Anthony Michell, English-Australian engineer († 1959)
• 1870 » Clara Immerwahr, Jewish-German chemist and academic († 1915)
• 1870 » Julio Ruelas, Mexican painter († 1907)
• 1876 » Swami Kalyan Dev, philosopher [year disputed] († 2004)
• 1876 » Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)

• 1824 » Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)

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.
• 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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.

The temperature on June 21, 1872 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.