About the day » Friday June 28, 1872Calender converter

• Adriaan KN??ŠPS Pzn, Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Albert Piest, Weststellingwerf, Steggerda († 1891)
• Anna KRABBE, Amersfoort, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1875)
• Adriana Johanna van der Flier, Soest
• Aart van Dijk, Hellevoetsluis († 1941)
• Alberdina Swartjes, Herveld (gemeente Valburg)
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• adriana johanna de HEER, geervliet
• Anna Maria Beutels, Beringen († 1872)
• Anna Krabbe, Amersfoort

• Aaltje Ras (44), Harlingen
• Annigje van den Herik (50), Sliedrecht
• Abram Bastiaansz van der Horden (66), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Levina van den Boogaard (0), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Ras (44), Harlingen
• Agnès Françoise FUMIÈRE (67), Tervuren, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• van Weert, Vledder
• Anna Maria Thecla Ottens, Altharen (D.)
• Anthonius (Antonij) Hersbach (68), Monster, Nederland
• Annigje van den Herik (50), Sliedrecht

• 1867 » Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1873 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1875 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1879 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist († 1949)
• 1880 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player († 1971)
• 1883 » Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France († 1945)
• 1884 » Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician († 1964)
• 1888 » George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer († 1947)
• 1888 » Stefi Geyer, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1956)
• 1891 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author († 1968)

• 1834 » Joseph Bové, Russian architect, designed the Triumphal Arch of Moscow (b. 1784)
• 1836 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
• 1880 » Texas Jack Omohundro, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
• 1881 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (b. 1818)
• 1892 » Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Greek Foreign Minister (b. 1810)
• 1913 » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1914 » Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1914 » Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg (b. 1868)
• 1915 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)

• 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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.

The temperature on June 28, 1872 was about 18.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.