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• Benjamin James Franklin, Leesville, Louisiana († 1935)
• Alida Gerharda van Heek, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1937)
• Attje Lieuwes Van Der Wijk, Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1872)
• Akke Johannes Visser, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1873)
• Batje van der Linden, Monster
• Bölle, Neu Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1872)
• Aleida-Johanna-Maria Verhoeven, Zevenaar († 1950)
• Arie Samuelsz van Bergen, Zuid-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Waal, de, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1931)
• Anna Maria Smolders, Tilburg

• Anna Maria Hazeveld
• Aafje Pieters STAM (73), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Josephus Adams, Berlicum
• arie ROZENDAAL (2), westmaas
• Abraham Retera (37), Eindhoven, NB, Nederland
• (Stillborn) BOTTEMA (0), Ten Post (Ten Boer) Groningen Netherlands
• Antonius Willebrordus Smits (82), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Jacob Arissen (0), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rodolphina Tjaden Emmen (0), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Alida van Duijvenbode (4), Katwijk

• 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.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

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%.