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• Anna Maria Drissen, Well, Li.NL († 1944)
• Batje van der Linden, Monster
• Antonius Elbertus Bunschoten, Utrecht
• Adolf Cornelis Wallin, Anna paulowma de rijp († 1949)
• Alida Annetta Boon, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adolf Cornelis Wallin, anna paulowna
• Aaltje Matina Siersema, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Elbertus Bunschoten, Utrecht
• Adrianus Jacobus de Leeuw, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Aaltje Korteweg, Utrecht († 1918)

• Abraham Retera (37), Eindhoven, NB, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pietronella van den Berg (47), Oosterhout
• Anna van DIEST (10), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius Willebrordus Smits (82), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Rozendaal (2), Westmaas, Cromstrijen, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Aafje Pieters STAM (73), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Geel (68), Zijpe, Nederland
• Anthonie Meesters (71), Woerden
• Anna Maria Rudolphina Tjaden EMMEN (0), Winschoten
• Arie Cornelisz Geel (68), Sint Maartensbrug, Noord-Holland (NL)

• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)
• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)
• 1884 » Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer († 1965)
• 1887 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain († 1951)
• 1887 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1963)

• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)

• 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.
• 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.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on May 23, 1872 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.