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• Adriana van Pelt, Dubbeldam († 1872)
• Anna "Nancy" Gallagher, DeKalb County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Alice Marie Olsdatter, Beiarn, Nordland, Norway
• Anna Dirks Kamper, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• * Cornelis (2) Reedijk, Mijnsheerenland, Gem. Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1872)
• Alberta Kloosterboer, Diepenveen († 1947)
• Anna Elisabeth Hermes, Neusustrum, Steinbild
• Agatha Mijnen, Assendelft NH NL († 1903)
• Anna Kamper, Oostdongeradeel († 1944)
• Alfred John Passmore **, Woolwich, London, England († 1963)

• Adrianus Zweers (22), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van der Meijden (1), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Simonis (55), Raamsdonk, N-Brabant
• Aaltje Gerkes TUIN, van DER (73), Dantumadeel
• Aleida Frentjen (79), Frensdorf, Nordhorn, Duitsland
• Anna Catharina Wielandts (32), Baasrode
• Ariaantje Groot (68), Broek in Waterland
• Arnoldus van Herkhuizen (36), Arnhem (Gelderland)
• Mouwen (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Fontijn (29), Clinge, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1868 » John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska († 1942)
• 1875 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher († 1954)
• 1875 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India († 1950)
• 1876 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1879 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Julia Peterkin, American author († 1961)
• 1880 » Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1936)
• 1881 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general († 1960)
• 1883 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1860 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 » Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

• 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 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 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.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on October 31, 1872 was about 10.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.