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• Adriana Nicolasina Brekelmans, 's-Gravenhage († 1909)
• Alexander Philippus Eshuijs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriana van der Wiel, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriana van der Wiel, Noordwijk († 1937)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Leeuw, den Haag († 1872)
• Adela√Øde Gesina Virginie M. Hendriks, Amsterdam Noord-Holland († 1955)
• Albert Cornelisz Appelman, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kobus († 1956)
• Afra Vriend, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Olst, Genemuiden, Nederland († 1928)

• Allen Hanks (58), Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Catharina Dings (28), Helmond
• Adriana Maria van Dun (14), Tilburg
• Antonie Driessen (46), Rheden
• Aaltien Jans BEIJERING, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Magdalena Letschert (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonius de Laat (51), Helvoirt
• Adrianus Geeve (0), Rhoon,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Walstock (0), Maastricht
• Andries Douwes Bergsma (41), Leeuwarden

• 1848 » Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. († 1900)
• 1861 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic († 1942)
• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)

• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on August 9, 1872 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.