About the day » Friday April 26, 1872Calender converter

• Adam D Woodcock, Bulloch, Georgia, United States († 1949)
• van Dijk, Liempde († 1872)
• Aaltje Jans Mulder, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1959)
• Adriana Catharina Meijer, Schiedam,- († 1930)
• Albert Elsenaar, Arnhem
• Adrianus Klessens, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1940)
• Schütte, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1872)
• Adriana Cornelia Herijgers, Wouw
• , Middelkerke, Belgique († 1955)
• Aaltje Jongejan, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Levina de Vlieger (54), Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Uden (43), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ANNA MARIA OLTMANS (78), Amsterdam
• Adriana van der Uden (43), Berlicum
• Aernolda Soesbergen (84), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend BUITEN (41), Buitenhuizen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrik Klaassen (52), Lheebroek
• Antonia Hoogland (1), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Post (13), Wieringen
• Abner Wilson Smith (90)

• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1862 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernst Felle, German rower († 1959)
• 1877 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales († 1950)
• 1878 » Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint († 1938)
• 1879 » Eric Campbell, British actor († 1917)
• 1879 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1886 » Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist († 1913)
• 1886 » Ma Rainey, American singer († 1939)
• 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• 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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.

The temperature on April 26, 1872 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.