About the day » Saturday November 2, 1872Calender converter

• van den Ent, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Josina de Veer, Rumpt en Megen
• Anna Elizabeth Geyer, Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI (USA) († 1901)
• Agnes Roij van, Roggel († 1914)
• Alexander Jacobus Johannes Bouhuisen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1954)
• * Johan Andries (1) Baars, Nieuw Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1873)
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus Waijers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Albertus Drost, Hasselt († 1938)
• Hendriks, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1872)
• Aaltje Imesd van Wilgen, Wieringerwaard († 1959)

• Adrianus Dekker (56), Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Hendriks Reytsma (76), Boer, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Blok (34), Oudenhoorn
• Catharina Janssen (59), Ottersum, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Tordoir (64), Kampen
• Hendriks (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Ernestina Jansen (32), Arnhem
• Anna Blok (33), Oudenhoorn
• Arie Vlielander (79), Numansdorp
• Antonetta van Spijk (9), Nieuwkuijk

• 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)

• 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 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• 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%.