About the day » Monday September 2, 1872Calender converter

• Alphonsine BREQUIGNY, Hannaches, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France († 1972)
• Alida Feddema, Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Molema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1872)
• Anna Catharina Maria Mertens, Oorderen († 1906)
• Adrianus van Beurden, Hedikhuizen († 1872)
• Adriana Maria Hendrickx, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltien Reinders, Schieven, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1876)
• Albert Havelaar, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aalbert van Beek, Barneveld († 1872)
• Anna Catharina Mathijssen, Etten-Leur, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Maria Adriaans (42), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Aaltje van Garderen (77), Kockengen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Falter (0), Rheden
• Aaltje Overvest (31), Langbroek
• Antonius Hanibal (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de Jong, Buiksloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Nolf, Beveren (Leie),, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Andrew Jackson Mars (0), Cushtusa, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States
• Anna Gerads Moerbeek (68), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Stam (0), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)

• 1862 » Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1865 » Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)

• 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)

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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• 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 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 September 2, 1872 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.