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• Albert Kiel, Kampen († 1929)
• Adriana Ouwendijk, Reeuwijk († 1873)
• Aaltje Lawant, Dedemsvaart († 1947)
• Albertus Broekhuis, Apeldoorn († 1941)
• Adriana Johanna van der Kooij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Albertje Bakhuis, Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• aagje BOENDER, oud-beijerland († 1950)
• Abraham Kadiks, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Albregts, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adriaantje Mantel, Hem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana van der Struijs (0), Vlaardingen
• Berent Hendrik Velthuis (60), Aalten (NL)
• Antje Siedses Renema (77), Almenum, Barradeel
• van Rhoon, Rotterdam
• (Stillborn) SMID (0), Bellingwolde Groningen Netherlands
• Antje Siedses (Siezes, Sieses, Sydses) Renema (Reen) (77), Almenum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardina Beenen (58), Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham Brouwer (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Struijs (0), Vlaardingen
• Berend OOSTEMA (3), Vierhuizen, Ulrum

• 1862 » Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
• 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
• 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
• 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)
• 1874 » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author († 1928)
• 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
• 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
• 1881 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman († 1949)
• 1882 » Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot († 1919)

• 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
• 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
• 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)

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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on August 22, 1872 was about 24.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.