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• Aart van den Born, Nijkerk († 1873)
• Adrianus Cloin, Dongen, Nederland († 1895)
• Adriana Geertruida den Dulk, Scheveningen († 1953)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Tol, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1872)
• Antje Hendriksd. Zeen, Bellingwolde (GR Nederland)
• Adriana Maria Vos, Roosendaal († 1953)
• Nouws, Zundert
• Arend de Vogel, Ooltgensplaat († 1945)
• Adrianus Antonius Mol, Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant) († 1899)
• Albartus (Albertus)(Albert) Klaassen, Wageningen († 1958)

• Andries Servais (48), Maastricht, Nederland
• Alexander Willem Herold (1), Leeuwarden
• André Servais (48), Maastricht
• Abel Ruibing (0), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Haadsma, Menaldum
• Adam Józef Potocki (50)
• Allegonda van de Loo, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhagen (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Wennekes (72), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Afke Sybes Krol (81), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)
• 1894 » Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1947)
• 1894 » Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor († 1981)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on June 15, 1872 was about 24.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.