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• Adam Montfoort, Leiden († 1950)
• Alphonse Augustus Van Neste, Oostkamp West-Vlaanderen († 1874)
• Aart Hoogeveen, Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1929)
• * Godefridus van Ingen, Nieuwkuijk († 1922)
• Aaltje Glastra, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphosus van Kerkhoven, Hontenisse, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1872)
• Alfred Newhall Jr. († 1937)
• Alphonse Augustus Vanneste, Oostkamp († 1874)
• Anna Catharina Huijbrechts, Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriana Huisman, Strijen, ZH, Nederland († 1884)

• aart ewoutsz VERSCHOOR (88), charlois
• Alexandrina Cauwenberg (74), Clinge (NL)
• Aaltje Nooij (7), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Julius Corver (36), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Jans de Vries (24), Oldeberkoop, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus DANKAARTS (0), Dussen
• Adriana Akkermans (62), Rotterdam
• Jongedijk (0), Nes, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Joosten Akkermans (61), Rotterdam
• * Steven (2) van den Oosterkamp (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL

• 1854 » Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer († 1943)
• 1859 » Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman († 1932)
• 1862 » Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress († 1937)
• 1863 » Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet († 1923)
• 1864 » Ninian Comper, Scottish architect († 1960)
• 1865 » Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer († 1940)
• 1880 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1882 » Nils Økland, Norwegian Esperantist and teacher († 1969)
• 1884 » Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain († 1917)
• 1886 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer († 1973)

• 1831 » Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
• 1836 » André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1849 » Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (b. 1784)
• 1868 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
• 1899 » Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
• 1901 » Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
• 1902 » Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
• 1909 » Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)

• 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 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

The temperature on June 10, 1872 was about 10.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.