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• Maria Brabers, Loon op Zand († 1922)
• Adrianus Bergman, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amy Leota larroway│Laraway, Verenigde Statn († 1929)
• Alexander Robertson, Ardchattan, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom († 1936)
• Albert Steen, Gemeente Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1956)
• "Eleonore" Maria Rosa Julia von Strassoldo, Strassoldo, Cervignano del Friuli, Italie († 1935)
• Arie de Wit, Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Adrianus Lucianus van Espen, Schriek
• Antonie Willem Vogelaar, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1872)
• Anje Hoffenkamp, Oldambt(Gr)-Beerta († 1939)

• Adrianus (1) Jagtenberg (0), Driel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Aarts Buijs (25), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cathrina Hansen Jorgensen Hansdatter (72), Thurø, Svendborg amt, Danmark
• Anna Maria (Helena) Vrijens (51), Veldwezelt, Lanaken, België
• Aaltje Schild (74), Schildwolde (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aaltje Klaassens SCHILD (75), Schildwolde (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands
• Aafke Lubberts Dijkstra (74), Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje VAN DER WOUDE (53), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Harms (Henderikus Derks Swart) Geeling (67), Oosterwijtwerd, The Netherlands
• Acke Ariens Nobel (81), Ameland

• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)
• 1874 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1875 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1922)
• 1875 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea († 1965)
• 1876 » Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor († 1948)
• 1876 » William of Wied, prince of Albania († 1945)
• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)

• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)

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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• 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.

The temperature on March 26, 1872 was about 2.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.