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• Aaltje Pluim, Beekbergen
• Albert Hazelhoff, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1872)
• Adrianus Cornelis de Wild, Oudenbosch († 1944)
• Aaltje Arends Kiezebrink, Zuidwolde,Gemeente Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Adelheid Maria Rose, Kreisfreie Stadt Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1943)
• Aaltje Kiesbrink, Zuidwolde, gem. Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Aart van IELEN, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aletta Geertruida van der Gaag, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aldert Nuus, Meerland, Midwolda, Netherlands († 1933)
• Abel Ruibing, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1873)

• Aletta Pikkart \ Picard (40), Willeskop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Burgh (53)
• Albert de Groot (50), Koudekerk aan den Rijn
• Barbara Constantia Debruyne (80), Woumen
• Adriana van Dongen (77)
• Bernardus Wevers (61), Maasbracht
• Annigje Johannes Kelderhuis (81)
• Albert Onnes WEIJNBERG (74), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Sarah (83), Elmer, Macon, Missouri, United States
• Andreas Ignatius SPRONK (0), Berg en Terblijt

• 1868 » John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States († 1967)
• 1869 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1870 » Harry Graham, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1870 » Howard Brockway, American pianist, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1873 » Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1930)
• 1873 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1955)
• 1876 » Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete († 1934)
• 1876 » Percival Proctor Baxter, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969)
• 1877 » Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet († 1919)
• 1877 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona († 1930)

• 1871 » Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)
• 1875 » Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
• 1886 » Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)
• 1900 » Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)
• 1902 » Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
• 1913 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
• 1919 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)

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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on November 22, 1872 was about 9.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.