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• Anna Gerardusd de Ruijter, Zaandam, nh.nld († 1953)
• Adrianus Wilhelminus Smits, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albertinus Heide, van der, Leeuwarden
• Adriaan Cornelis van Puijenbroek, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de Vries, Smallingerland († 1960)
• Antje Visser, Hollum (gem. Ameland)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Seters, Loon op Zand († 1944)
• Gerritje Scholten, velp († 1944)
• Aaltien Bossen, Veele, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1939)
• Andries Dreessen, Harderwijk († 1872)

• Adam Campbell (69), Delaware County, Indiana, United States of America
• Abraham Clymer Haldeman (83)
• Alida den Daas (41), Utrecht
• Ariaan Schaap (25), Purmerend
• Ariaan Schaap (24), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Haldeman (86), Infant
• Aaltje Alberts (72), Zwiggelte (Westerbork)
• Aalt Smit (50), Renkum
• Anna Maria van Dijk (2), Schijndel
• Arnold Ruyters (66), Meeuwen

• 1860 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company († 1951)
• 1867 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic († 1953)
• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)

• 1836 » William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

The temperature on April 7, 1872 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.