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• Anna Maria Vandecraen, Schaffen, België († 1940)
• Abraham Leendrtsz Frederiks, Dirksland
• Adriana van Pelt († 1957)
• Anna Margaretha Thoelen, Hoeselt († 1963)
• van IJsselmuijden, Utrecht († 1872)
• Adrianus de Quant, Salatiga, N.I († 1937)
• Adrianus Plomp, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus (Adri) de Quant, Indonesië Salatiga († 1937)
• Albert Jennes Stienstra, Finkum († 1873)
• Angus Mackay, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland († 1880)

• Plomp (47), Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Cornelis Flipse (0), Kats
• Aletta Wilhelmina Schouten (34), Maarssen
• Anthonia van Gogh, Heeswijk
• Alexander Rudolph Wollrabe (15), Batavia, Java, Ned. Indië
• van IJsselmuijden (0), Utrecht
• Adriana Wilhelmina Scherer (1), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Albertus Teuben- (1), Arnhem, Nederland
• Adriana Leijten (0), Engelen (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• ?? Duvé (0), Delft

• 1861 » Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic († 1924)
• 1863 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria († 1914)
• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)
• 1878 » Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1953)
• 1879 » Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator († 1940)
• 1882 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway († 1950)

• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)

• 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 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• 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 18, 1872 was about 4.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.