About the day » Wednesday October 2, 1872Calender converter

• Adrianus Arkenbout, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew McIntyre, Ayr Scotland († 1949)
• Alida Elizabeth HOS, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Bosch, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Christina Verstegen, Stokkum
• Adriana Vroegrijk, Hoeven († 1953)
• Agnes Inkey de Pallin, Iharosberény, Hongrie († 1950)
• Aaltje WOLTINGE, Noord (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Aart Koelewijn, Bunschoten
• Alle Siertsema, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Hendrika van Miert (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Isham Stinnett (66), Lamar, Barton County, MO, United States
• Antje Risman (33), Warmond
• Benjamin Baptiste (60), Brooklyn, New York City (Kings County) (New York)
• Bartje Daggelder (5), Zuilichem
• Antonie Johannes Schutters (2), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert KEEN (31), Aalden,7854,DRENTHE,NETHERLANDS
• Albertina Slotema (30), Leens
• Antonius Kleijssen (57), Rosmalen
• Aletta van den Boogaard (0), Cothen

• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)
• 1879 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator († 1955)
• 1882 » Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel († 1945)
• 1883 » Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer († 1963)
• 1883 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler († 1950)

• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)

• 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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

The temperature on October 2, 1872 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.