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• Aart Verbeek, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1951)
• Agnes Rhoda Sussannah Allen, Harrow, Middlesex, England († 1963)
• IJpelaar, Besoijen
• Aaltje Waatzes Wijma, Spaarndam († 1877)
• Aaltje Nammens Dreyer, Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Vlieger, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1874)
• Anna Jozina Eggink, Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje Wijma, Spaarndam († 1877)
• Amelia Doris Elizabeth Spanhake, Houhora, Far North, Northland, New Zealand († 1946)
• Aaltje Haan, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland

• Adriaan de Lepper (43), Schijndel
• Catharina Weijtjes (65), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Raaphorst (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij van Loon (19), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Weijters (35)
• Adriana Antonius Lieshout (79), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Allers (85), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Augustinus Broers, Padang (Ned. Indië)
• Catharina Johanna van Gastel (50), Etten en Leur (NL)
• Augustinus Adriaan Geers (0), Halsteren

• 1864 » Max Weber, German economist and sociologist († 1920)
• 1868 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter († 1932)
• 1870 » Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1941)
• 1874 » Vincent Scotto, French actor and composer († 1952)
• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)

• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (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.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• 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 April 21, 1872 was about 14.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.