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• Albert van Noort, Rhenen († 1955)
• Albert van Noort († 1955)
• Aart Jan van Mourik, Tiel († 1908)
• Abel Drok, Nieuwe Pekela († 1944)
• Aart Jan van Mourik, Tiel († 1908)
• Adrianus Marie Pieter van den Bosch, Den Helder († 1943)
• Abraham Kleijkamp, Rotterdam (Zh Nederland († 1872)
• Maen
• van Es, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Alberta Adriana de Jong, De Bilt († 1946)

• Ann Van Fossen ALDERFER (62)
• Arnoldus Willems Hoeksema (83), Paterswolde, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Marten Coijen (67), Tilburg
• Abraham Lievensz de Vos (23), Sint Annaland ( ZL Nederland )
• Alberdina Elisabetha Sikking (48), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Marten Coijen (ook: Kooijen) (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina SALIEN (44), Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aaltje Jansen (26), Dalem
• van Es (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van Dessel (67), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1862 » Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter († 1915)
• 1863 » William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York († 1941)
• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

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.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• 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.

The temperature on March 18, 1872 was about 9.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.