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• Annie Baar, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan († 1932)
• Anna de Vries, Ter Idzard (Weststellingwerf) († 1924)
• Adrianus Bogaart van den, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1938)
• Adolphus Alphonsus Cornelis Wijnant, Helmond
• Amelia Dolphina Ninaber, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1926)
• Anna Maria de Regt, Etten-Leur
• Albertus Adam Jasper Sluijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Anthonia Cornelia Agterof, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice Adella Jacobsen, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia († 1897)
• Adrianus Van Den Bogaart, Nistelrode Geb Akte († 1938)

• Antonius Luijten (11), Etten-Leur
• Adrianus de Kroon (12), Vlijmen
• Apolonia van der Windt (0), Vlaardingen
• Aafke Hovinga (12), meedhuizen
• Anna Maria de Haas (75), Geffen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Jacobsen (1), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Haas (75), Geffen, Noord Brabant
• Berendina Logtenberg (0), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• ? Leurink (0), Apeldoorn
• Barteld Hendriks Stam (78), Avereest

• 1861 » Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist († 1938)
• 1861 » Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian († 1916)
• 1864 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress († 1928)
• 1865 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator († 1914)
• 1865 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)
• 1868 » Jane Avril, French model and dancer († 1943)
• 1874 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler († 1930)
• 1875 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1879 » Harry DeBaecke, American rower († 1961)
• 1882 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach († 1963)

• 1834 » William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
• 1870 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
• 1875 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
• 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
• 1892 » William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (b. 1863)
• 1901 » Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
• 1927 » Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (b. 1884)
• 1929 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (b. 1889)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on June 9, 1872 was about 17.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.