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• Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" von Hessen und bei Rhein, Darmstadt-Hessen († 1918)
• Alexandra Feodorovna (Last Empress consort of All the Russias) († 1918)
• Aaltje van DIJK, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Hendriks Engeltjes, Oldebroek († 1950)
• Alexandra Victoria von Hessen-Darmstadt, Darmstadt (D) († 1918)
• Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Allemagne († 1918)
• Ale Ruuds Holtrop († 1957)
• Adriana van der Linden, Breda
• Alix Alexandra Feodrwn, Darmstadt († 1918)
• Albert Overweg, Rheeze († 1872)

• Antje Posthumus (1)
• Adriaan den Hollander (10), Klundert
• Anna Schulte (2), Papenburg. Emsland
• Antje Gaukes Bakker (0), Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Schoonen (32), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendricus Blansert (72), Haarlem
• Aaltje Abrahams Bakker (69), Slagharen
• ?? van Rooijen (0), (UT) Maarsseveen
• Alman S Spence (60), Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
• Aaltje Warnaars Schipper (79), Loosdrecht, Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1857 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1918)
• 1862 » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet († 1938)
• 1867 » David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch († 1931)
• 1868 » Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer († 1912)
• 1872 » Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress († 1918)
• 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)
• 1884 » Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer († 1977)
• 1890 » Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1971)
• 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)

• 1832 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (b. 1748)
• 1840 » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
• 1843 » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)

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 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on June 6, 1872 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.