About the day » Saturday October 26, 1872Calender converter

• Anje Norden, Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adelaide Bentinck, South Warnborough, Hampshire, Eng, Andorra († 1941)
• Antonia Kuivenhoven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarn Hoekstra, Suameer, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
• Wilhelmus Meesters, Zevenbergen
• Aarn Symens Hoekstra, suameer († 1941)
• Adolf D'havé, Knesselare († 1950)
• Aarn Sijmens Hoekstra, Suameer († 1941)
• Anje Hammingh, Adorp, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonij Adriaan Boer, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1957)

• Anna Katharina Angela (Grünhage) Groenhage (44), Zandberg, Odoorn
• Arie Klaasz. Keizerwaard (57), Mijnsheerenland
• Anna Catharina Hoogendam (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Klaasen Hoefnagel (38), Vollenhove
• * Arij (2) Keizerwaard (57), Mijnsheerenland, Gem. Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Catharina Grunhage (44), Odoorn Zandberg
• Adriana Opperman (3), Herveld
• Albert Fledderus (1), Kuinre
• Amelia Maria Vandevelde (2), Klerken
• Aagje Stark (62), Oost (Texel)

• 1865 » Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman († 1912)
• 1869 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil († 1957)
• 1871 » Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer († 1941)
• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art († 1948)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)
• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)

• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)

• 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.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.

The temperature on October 26, 1872 was about 8.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.