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• Albert Virgil Clemmons, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States of America († 1940)
• Adrianus Kerstens, Hoeven († 1948)
• Anna Cornelia Hendrica Teillers, Roosendaal († 1939)
• Albertje Abee, Veendam († 1935)
• Anna Mary Kirchberg, Kieler, Grant County, Wisconsin († 1937)
• Adriana van Houtum, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Adriana Geertruda Martina Andriessens, Den-Bosch
• Alex Daniels, Mielen-boven-Aalst, België
• Anna Petronella van Hassel, Raamsdonkveer,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1949)
• * Augustinus Jacobus Pool, Rotterdam († 1943)

• Angenes van Es (73), Oosterdalfsen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Breedijk (37), Rietveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Frederiks Meijer (5), Noord (Hoogeveen)
• Ambroise Bomberna (61), Sijsele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Aaltje Meijer (5), Noord C407, Noord, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Arnolda Spaan (6), Vreeswijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schilthuis (70), Denekamp
• Agustín de Silva (50), Madrid
• Ann Todd (1), Cambois, Northumberland, England
• Adriana Scherpenisse (24), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)

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 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 May 16, 1872 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.