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• Alexander Kersbulck, Westdorpe († 1934)
• Albert Reit, Bellingwolde († 1963)
• Alice Victorine Van der Smissen, Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium
• Alida Drenth, Groningen († 1872)
• Alice Victorina Van der Smissen, Brussel-Sint-Joost-ten-Node († 1955)
• Alida Johanna Hinkenkemper († 1942)
• Aart van der Marel, Haarlemmermeer († 1946)
• Albertus Min, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Adrianus van der Schoor, Charlois († 1873)
• Adriana Egberdina Cornelia Boehlé, Rotterdam († 1945)

• Adriana Didden (0), Loon op Zand
• Aily Biekens (50), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Jansen (0), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonetta Sparidans (16), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Agatha de Vos (0), Antwerpen
• Bernardus van Bommel (0), Escharen (N.Br.)
• Abram Everts Jonker (65), Martenshoek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Antonius Ludovicus Couckuyt (67), Gullegem, WVL, B
• Olivier (71)
• van Baaren (0), Maartensdijk

• 1861 » Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer († 1923)
• 1863 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic († 1941)
• 1872 » René Bull, British illustrator and photographer († 1942)
• 1873 » Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic († 1967)
• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City († 1947)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)

• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

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 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• 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.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.