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• Ypma († 1872)
• Agnes Graham Ramsay, Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland († 1961)
• Andreas Martinus van Selst, Oostelbeers († 1901)
• Adolf Hippenstiel, Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Akke Hendriks Kleefstra, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Akke Hendriks Kleefstra, Oldeboorn, gem. Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Alfred Joseph Jules Marie Walravens, Tubeke, België († 1943)
• Anna Constantia Wils, Rumst, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Busker, Vlagtwedde († 1956)
• adriana maaike HUIJSER, rijsoord († 1954)

• Alida GRIEKSPOOR (0), Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arnolda van Rossum (54)
• Arnoldus Stekelenburg (65), Willige Langerak
• Antonia Wijermars (55), Wijhe Tongeren
• Albert Pauls (73), Dalen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adam Áron (0), Sabinov, Slovakia
• van der Woude, Schoterland
• Anna Gerdina Iersel van (5), Baardwijk
• Anne Maria van Weerts (74), Margraten (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Olmen (73), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1862 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1946)
• 1865 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania († 1932)
• 1867 » Emil Krebs, German polyglot († 1930)
• 1868 » Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer († 1947)
• 1873 » Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic († 1945)
• 1874 » August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1874 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner († 1941)
• 1879 » Lewis Stone, American actor († 1953)
• 1881 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1882 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist († 1965)

• 1832 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
• 1845 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (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.
• 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.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on November 15, 1872 was about 3.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.