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• Albert Kreuze, Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1911)
• , Roggel, Li.NL († 1914)
• Aaltje van Wilgen, Wieringerwaard († 1958)
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus Waijers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1937)
• Aaltje Imesd van Wilgen, Wieringerwaard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Albertus Drost, Hasselt († 1938)
• Aaltje Kuipers, Harkstede, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Frings, Sprang († 1873)
• Alexander Jacobus Johannes Bouhuisen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1954)
• Adriaan Tak van Poortvliet, 's-Gravenhage († 1941)

• Anna Maria Catharina Soullié (0)
• Anna Maria (Hendrika) van de Ven (76), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Christina Hermina Quak (87), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Ernestine Jansen non (32), Arnhem, Gld, Nederland
• Antje Kranenburg (75), Nieuwkoop
• adriaantje van OS (28), strijen
• Anna Maria Catharina Peeters (58), Maasbree
• Catharina Janssen (59), Ottersum
• Baldinus Vermeulen (0), Clinge, Nederland
• Arie Vlielander (79), Numansdorp

• 1855 » Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic († 1947)
• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)
• 1883 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal († 1947)
• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)
• 1886 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician († 1971)

• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)

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.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• 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 November 2, 1872 was about 9.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.