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• Andries Weijs, Vollenhove, Ambt († 1956)
• Adriaantje Boonstoppel, Rotterdam
• Alida Petronella Peitsman, Schiedam,,Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelm van Jeveren, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Adeline Virginie Cordeau
• Aafje Westeneng, Maartensdijk, Nederland
• Aafje Westeneng, Maartensdijk († 1943)
• Anna Catharina Hendrika Beksvoort, Haarlem († 1938)
• Anna Cornelia Maulus, Wouw († 1934)
• Alice Jane Walker, Chailey, Sussex, England

• arie van HOUWELINGEN (70), giessen-nieuwkerk
• Abraham van den Berg (0), Sint Maartensdijk gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Amalia Caroline van Kolowrat-Krakowska (80), Jihlava (Iglau), Zuid-Moravië, Tsjechië
• Adriana Cornelia Mes (24), 's-Heerenhoek
• Arie Blommestijn (72), Maarsseveen
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Hubertina Prickarts (35), ,, Vijlen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Schaft (52), Den Haag Zuid-Holland
• Antje Neeleman (82), Delft, Nederland
• Arij Quispel (0), Oudenhoorn
• Antoon WEISZ (0), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1865 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author († 1926)
• 1871 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church († 1943)
• 1872 » Emily Davison, English educator and activist († 1913)
• 1872 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States († 1946)
• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)
• 1885 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)

• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)

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 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 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.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.