About the day » Monday October 21, 1872Calender converter

• Albertha Hermina Everarda NOOMEN, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1937)
• Alonisius Modestus DE VOLDER, Wielsbeke,8710,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen, België († 1950)
• Adrianus Dijk van, Loon op Zand († 1916)
• Adriaan Cornelis Kip, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adolf Gobée, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Christina Plomp, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1915)
• Anna Maria van Helvert, Tilburg, Nederland († 1873)
• Albertus Schreuder, Nieuwe Pekela († 1941)
• Anna Maria van Helvert, Tilburg († 1873)
• Albertus ALBLAS, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Aaltje Stegink (0), Sibculo
• Anna Hermeline Gaade (61), Delfshaven
• Albers (0), Groesbeek
• Annie Death (22), Blayney, New South Wales, Australia
• Balthasar Stakenborg (59), Ittervoort, Hunsel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aart Dusseldorp (83), Herwijnen
• Houtveen (0), Hoogland (UT, NLD)
• Anna Maria BONGAERDTS (62), Swalmen, Limburg, Nederland
• Andr Marie Charles de DONNEA (58), Temploux,Province de Namur,Walloon Region,Belgi
• Balthasar Staekenborg (59), Ittervoort, Hunsel, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
• 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)

• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)

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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

The temperature on October 21, 1872 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.