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• Johannes Boorsma, Grouw († 1918)
• Andries Hindrik Woldring, Bedum († 1959)
• Aleida Catherine Gertrude Keukens, Liège,, Luik, België
• Abrahama Wilhelmina Frederika van Meeteren, Amsterdam († 1935)
• Johannes Hylkema, Baarderadeel
• Albertus Schniedewind, Hillegom († 1872)
• Adriana Pieternella Mooring, Zaltbommel
• Adriana van Lieshout, Erp, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriana Branderhorst, Genderen, Nederland († 1875)
• Moerland, Vlissingen

• Berendina Asveld (28), Woolde (Hengelo)
• Agatha van Dijk (41), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Andries de RUIJTER (68), IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bel (1), Steenwijk
• Adrianus de Groot (1), Ammerzoden
• Antje Sjoerds Atsma (68), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Armand Victor Vossius (3), Sint-Truiden, België
• abraham RIJSTENBIL (74), oud vossemeer
• Ann McGee (61), Clinton, Huron, Ontario, Canada
• Albertje Sybrens Hoekstra

• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
• 1883 » Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on April 15, 1872 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.