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• Alberta Stegink, Basse (Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel) († 1876)
• Adriaan van Schendel, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1882)
• Aloys Joseph Jaecques, Klerken († 1954)
• Anna Johanna Mensink, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1963)
• Albert Gouwens, South Holland, Illinois,Cook County, Verenigde Staten († 1909)
• Anna Friederike Ida Wilhelmine ADELS, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Molmans, Boxmeer
• Annechien Kuipers, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1927)
• Antje Tabes van der Leij, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Albertus MOLMANS, Boxmeer, 3373, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)

• Berend Egberts van Esch (63), Tolbert (Leek)
• Berend Engberts van Esch (63), Tolbert, Leek
• Anna Catharina Roosbroeckx (73), Zoersel
• Cornelia Drost (0), Amerongen
• Anna Maria Geertruida Kleine Staarman (40), Slagharen
• Aaltje Janse (45), Baarn
• Adriana Jans Stoel (79), Noordwelle
• Aafko JAGER (0), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Versteeg (0), Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Stientje Hector (84), Groningen

• 1866 » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist († 1930)
• 1870 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician († 1933)
• 1870 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian († 1958)
• 1870 » Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet († 1925)
• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)
• 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
• 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
• 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)
• 1885 » Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor († 1967)

• 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)

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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• 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 December 10, 1872 was about 4.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.