About the day » Thursday December 5, 1872Calender converter

• Aartje Wilhelmina BRUGMAN, Beusichem († 1918)
• Aloysius Joannes Nicolaas Bakx, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 1945)
• Abraham Pieter Wisse, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Christoffels, Ysselmuiden († 1947)
• Albertus Klumper, Heino († 1941)
• Abraham Martinus Kaptein, Woerden († 1874)
• Agnes Mabel Reintjes († 1933)
• Aalderikus Koster, Nieuwe Pekela (Groningen) († 1933)
• Andries Ansel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Margaretha Smits, Emmen(Dr)-Roswinkel

• Baarent Schoen (62), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Valkonet (55), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Adriana de Kok (81), Tilburg Nederland
• Arnoldus van Wessel (65), Didam
• Albert Blok (25), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Albertje Ottes (33), Gasselternijveenschemond (Gasselte)
• Arnoldus van Wessel (65), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Louws (41), Culemborg (GL)
• Aagje Langendam (16), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kok (81), Tilburg

• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)
• 1879 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation († 1954)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

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 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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.
• 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 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on December 5, 1872 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.