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• BOES, VOLLENHOVEN-AMBT († 1947)
• Adriana Coenraad, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Alice Louise Colver, New York, New York, New York
• Andreas Friedrich Thomsen, Noord en Zuid Schermer († 1931)
• Agnita Stichter, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham van Es, Hoogblokland
• Aartje van de Lugt, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Pieter Haasdonk, Baarland
• Aartje Van Der Lugt, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Allegonda Jacoba Maria Koot († 1928)

• Aartje Cornelia Kreuger (38), Maartensdijk, Nederland
• Aaltje Hulst (44), Staphorst
• ?? Kleintunte (0), Harderwijk
• Anna Catharina Maria Reisig (84), Hatert
• HOMAN (0), Nieuw-Dordrecht (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Kollaard (67), Hellevoetsluis
• Adrianus (Janus) KOLLAARD (56), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beerd Jansen (77), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• (2), Rijnsburg
• * Hubertus Wooning (1), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1863 » Léon Gérin, Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant († 1951)
• 1864 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split († 1938)
• 1864 » Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter († 1923)
• 1866 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1868 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge († 1920)
• 1868 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1870 » Newton Moore, Australian politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist († 1957)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)
• 1874 » George Sheldon, American diver († 1907)

• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)
• 1868 » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)

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.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• 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 17, 1872 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.