About the day » Wednesday January 24, 1872Calender converter

• Zwetsloot, ,, Leiderdorp, Nederland († 1872)
• Abraham Soetendorp, Utrecht († 1927)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Antonia Lammers-, Woerden, Nederland († 1932)
• abraham BREESNEE, oud-beijerland
• (w) Jung, Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adrianus van Hulst, Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1872)
• Leembroek, Leiden († 1872)
• Albertus Hendrikus Oostrom, Utrecht († 1955)
• Abraham Breesnee, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aafko JAGER, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1872)

• Adrianus Huijboom (71), Haarlem
• Anna van Pelt (2), Ridderkerk
• Andreas de Rooij (62), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Stoter (0), Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Krakeel)
• Anna Cornelia Broere (1), Lekkerkerk
• Angelus Benedictus Vandecnocke (59), Ledegem
• Anna Zweedijk (80), 's-HeerArendskerke
• Bordewijk (0), Rijssen
• Anna van Pelt (2), Ridderkerk
• Andreas Verstraelen (67), Retie Bosend

• 1864 » Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy († 1935)
• 1864 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist († 1936)
• 1866 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1920)
• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)
• 1872 » Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter († 1943)
• 1872 » Morris Travers, English chemist and academic († 1961)
• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on January 24, 1872 was about 9.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.