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• Adèle Bertha Storm van ‘s Gravesande, Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Netherlands († 1956)
• Alphonsine Trudeau, Saint-Isidore, Laprairie, Québec, Canada († 1872)
• Anna Voorbeijtel, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1962)
• Aaltjen (Alice) Middelkamp, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Van Soom, Reet
• Anna Maria Schneider, Horhausen, Altenkirchen, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutschland
• Andreas Maria Louwe, Catrijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Hess, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Feskens, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Catharina Hake, Lindloh, Rütenbrock, Duitsland († 1949)

• ANTHONIUS JOHANNES MAAT (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Stuij (0)
• Anje van der Laan (3), Lutjeloo (Wedde-Gr)
• Abraham van Oosten (83), Delft
• Abram van Oosten (83), Delft
• Baron Petrus Antonius Maria van RIJCKEVORSEL (56), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van Oosten (83), Delft
• Abraham van Oosten (83), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Zundert (0), Oosterhout
• Adriaantje van Burg (54), Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1863 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
• 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 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.
• 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 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on August 15, 1872 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.