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• Alle Brugts Landmeter, Hoornsterzwaag, Schterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Venema, Bonnen, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1952)
• Adriana Antoinetta Elisabeth van den Berg, Den Haag († 1945)
• Albertine WICART, Bauvin, 59052, Nord, Nord, France
• van der Westerlaken, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Nieuwenhuijse, Kloetinge
• Adrianus Oorbeek, Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Alida ABDALA, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adolphus Cloots, Herenthals († 1947)
• Aaltje Booij, Meppel († 1944)

• Bernard Anton - Anton Stahl (35), Bersede, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aafje Rosier (65), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wagensveld (0), Leersum
• Bernard Anton Stahl (35), Bersede, Haren
• Antoni Iwicki (0), Lubiewo, Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
• Adriaantje de Roo (0), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antoon Maessen (61), Ohé en Laak
• Adriaantje Broere (57), Meerkerk
• Adriaan Johannes Alouisius Groen (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bastiaansen, Ginneken en Bavel

• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 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.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on May 9, 1872 was about 14.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.