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• Aagje van den ASSEM, Dubbeldam († 1908)
• Adriana Stuij, Bleskensgraaf, ZUI, Nederland
• Adrianus DEKKER, Limmen († 1931)
• Arie Plooster, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Alida van Woerkom, Vrijenban († 1955)
• Adrianus Dekker, Limmen
• Ann Ursula CARPENTER, Olin,Jones,Iowa,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
• Jetske Annes Vleeshouwer, utingeradeel († 1934)
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• Anne Jacobus Dozy, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1922)

• Aaltje Tjallings Palstra (65), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Dol (4), dokkum
• Adelaide Georgiana Peel (34)
• Aaltje van der Roest (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Joukes de Haan (56), Veenwouden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Leendertsz van Staalduinen (73), Loosduinen
• Agustín Antonio Joaquín de la Cerda (69), Madrid
• Anna Gertrud Schulte (65)
• Albert Roeterdink (75), Diepenveen (O)
• Amelia CASTELEYN (Castelein) (33), Oekene

• 1859 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer († 1930)
• 1859 » Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator († 1935)
• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

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.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

The temperature on May 22, 1872 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.