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• Alida Johanna Vermeijs, Rotterdam († 1873)
• Sibbeltje Potma, Sneek († 1955)
• Adriaan Snoek, Gorinchem († 1907)
• Annigje Harmannus Stoter, Slood (Hoogeveen) († 1950)
• Antoine Auguste MINET, SPA, Liège, Belgique
• Annechien Dijkhuis, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1904)
• Aaltjen Kapitein, Urk († 1881)
• Anna Petronella Weerepas, Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Snoek, Gorkum († 1907)
• Adriana Nieuwkerk, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1949)

• Antje Jacobs Stroomer (53), Obdam
• Anna Maria Hoorens, Dieteren
• Adriana van Mourik (0), Schiedam
• Aartje van Brakel (41)
• Abraham Reijnderman (80), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Schopman (0), De Lutte
• Aartje Van BRAKEL (41), 's-Gravendeel
• Aartje van BRAKEL (40), 's-Gravendeel
• ADRIANA BOERS (49), DORDRECHT
• Anna Maria Kobits (81), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1860 » Lucien Guitry, French actor († 1925)
• 1864 » Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee († 1947)
• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)

• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on December 13, 1872 was about 2.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.