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• Adrianus Jacobus Hamers († 1872)
• Alexander Francois Rompis, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana van Eynatten, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1933)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus SCHOT, Fort Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Jannetta Brobbel, Vlaardingen
• Adrianus Jacobus Hamers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1872)
• Adrianus Jacobus Hamers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1872)
• Adam Victor Joseph BREVERS, LORCE (Lorcé), Liège, Belgique († 1874)
• Alexander de Lange, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• abraham ZWARENSTEIN, zuid beijerland

• Annigje Wilschut (22), Oudewater
• Anna Catharina Mensen (0), Horsten, Onstwedde, Nederland
• Adriana van Geel (0), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• "Louis" Philippe Bavon de la Kethulle (77), Gentbrugge, Gand, Belgique
• Aris Willemsz Budding (76), Veenendaal
• Aagje van der Holst (6), Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Speelman (0), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke Pieters Geertsma (0), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hello (5), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Venderink (51), Westendorp (Wisch)

• 1867 » Amy Beach, American pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1871 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
• 1872 » Horace Rice, Australian tennis player († 1950)
• 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal († 1964)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)

• 1836 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1838 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)

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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on September 5, 1872 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.