About the day » Friday May 3, 1872Calender converter

• van Oosterom, Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Koersvelt, Sloten († 1949)
• Anna Maria Hermanna Huisman, Deventer († 1911)
• Aaltje Siegerist, Uitgeest
• Frederik Zwiggelaar, Steenwijksmoer
• adriana maria de Hoon, ginneken en bavel († 1938)
• Aarie Johannes de Zanger, Ijsselmonde († 1872)
• Anna Eugenia Judels, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Anna Rosa Eikenboom, Maastricht († 1928)
• Alphons Geldof, Klerken († 1872)

• Adriana van Reijbroek (68), Veghel, Nederland
• Andrea Helena Reinderts (11), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen (Roelfs) Leeghuis (61), Paterswolde (Eelde)
• Viool (0), Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Houtum (2), Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alletta van Maren (1), Gameren
• Adriana van Doren, Standdaarbuiten Nederland
• Antonetta Engelina SCHUURS (74), Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vercammen (81), Veerle
• Aaltje Everts Weertjes (68), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1860 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist († 1940)
• 1867 » Andy Bowen, American boxer († 1894)
• 1867 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1870 » Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein († 1948)
• 1871 » Emmett Dalton, American criminal († 1937)
• 1873 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine († 1945)
• 1874 » François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. († 1934)
• 1874 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic († 1954)
• 1877 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author († 1925)
• 1879 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas († 1950)

• 1839 » Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)

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.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 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 May 3, 1872 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.