About the day » Thursday October 17, 1872Calender converter

• Koops, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Bossenga, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland († 1897)
• Pieter Ouwendijk, 's-Gravenzande
• Adam Harmen Schlebaum, Amsterdam († 1918)
• Albertus Van Der Meer, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus de Klerk, Leiderdorp († 1899)
• Anna Mathias Ubaghs, Sittard-Geleen (Guttecoven) (Limburg)
• Antonia Antoinetta Bos, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1909)
• Alida Catharina Mentz, Amsterdam
• Jole, Tilburg, Nederland († 1872)

• Anthonij Serton (21), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Leeuwen (0), Nieuwkoop
• Jole (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Kornelis Oost (82), Het Loo
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Panken (4), Valkenswaard
• Aaltje Kornelis Oost (82), Het Loo, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ariaantje Noorthoek, Vlaardingen
• Antonij (Anthonij) Serton (21), Utrecht
• Santing (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Ates Vellinga (67), Bolsward

• 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)
• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.

The temperature on October 17, 1872 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.