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• Aaltje DE HAAN († 1876)
• Anna Jacoba de Crasto, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Adolph Boer, Kampen, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1872)
• Adolf de Boer, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1872)
• Adolf BOER, Kampen († 1872)
• * Lambertus Johannes van der Sluis, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1926)
• Alida Lenior, Monnickendam († 1909)
• Alexander van der Kamp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adriana Cornelia Abertina Crab, van der, Rotterdam
• Andreas Tromp, Beverwijk,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1872)

• Adrianus Hofman (44), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Brekelmans (0), Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Boswinkel (4), Goor
• Antonij Lammers (63), Colmschate,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Even (75)
• Bastiaan Veenman (33), Utrecht
• Aaltje Jong, de (83), Zaandam, Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Westdorp (60), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Visser (43), Tholen
• Antonius de Ruijter (0), Arnhem

• 1861 » Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist († 1927)
• 1861 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal († 1928)
• 1861 » José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet († 1896)
• 1865 » May Whitty, English actress († 1948)
• 1871 » Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician († 1932)
• 1872 » Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist († 1963)
• 1874 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer († 1941)
• 1876 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer († 1941)
• 1877 » Charles Coburn, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator († 1966)

• 1844 » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
• 1864 » Richard Heales, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Victoria (b. 1822)
• 1864 » Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, American soldier (b. 1843)
• 1865 » Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
• 1867 » Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
• 1867 » Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico, 1859-1860 (b. 1832)
• 1874 » Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (b. 1838)
• 1884 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)

• 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 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• 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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on June 19, 1872 was about 24.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.