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• Albertus Johannes Kooper, Madioen (Ned. Indië)
• Adam Schuurmans, Zevenbergen († 1935)
• Amelia Sophia Riteco, Hoofdplaat, Zeeland, NL
• Ana Hulleman, Apeldoorn († 1940)
• Adrianus Cornelis Janssen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adeline "Ada" Carothers, Cinninnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1923)
• adriana SMITS, numansdorp
• Aagje Fecken, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1917)
• Adrianus de Visser, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Adrianus Cornelis Janssen, Rotterdam

• Arien Entius (0), Binnenwijzend, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina VAN ROOY (82), Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriaan Oerlemans (0), Steenbergen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bartha Dunk (75), Doornenburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Frederica Smulders (0), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Barbara Van Kempen (62), Echt
• Bernardus Dixs (67), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Diemel (72), Leiderdorp
• Carel de Breen (78), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Katharina van der Meijden (1), Horst, NL

• 1862 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director († 1932)
• 1868 » La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer († 1965)
• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)
• 1884 » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor († 1960)
• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1889 » Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader († 1987)
• 1890 » Klabund, German author and poet († 1928)

• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 » Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (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.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on November 4, 1872 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.