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• Albert Haitzes Loots, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• 00 Hendrikus Baars, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, NL
• Andries De Vries, Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Alberdina Smeenk, Rheden († 1946)
• Alphons Sagis, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1937)
• Alida Geertruida VLAK, Enkhuizen († 1958)
• Alida van Papeveld, Vlaardingen
• Albert Sidney Speake, Oakville (Lawrence County), Lawrence County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1931)
• Adrianus HOOGENBOEZEM, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1874)
• Adam Kuiken, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)

• (45), Tilburg, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltien LENTEN Pals (70), Smilde
• Aaltje(Annigje) Fake ten Kate (78), Avereest
• Adrianus Theodorus Lucas (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• (1) Gerrit Hoedjes (43), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Roelofs Lentink (Pals) (70), Smilde, Nederland
• Aaltien Roelofs (70)
• Aaltijn Roelofs Pals (71), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana van Seters (76), Raamsdonk
• Alida Petronella Zijlmans (18), Raamsdonkveer

• 1854 » Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet († 1891)
• 1858 » John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1943)
• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• 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 20, 1872 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.