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• Adolf Cornelis Duijvelshoff, Den Helder († 1961)
• Aaltje Sprokholt, Epe († 1951)
• Almira M Westrope, Montgomery, Iowa, United States († 1936)
• Albertus Cornelis Teunissen, Doesburg Gld. Nederland
• Andries Jonas van Rood, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Smits, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafien Hermina Reneman, Groningen († 1888)
• Amélie Verghoost, Armentières (F-Nord-Pas-de-Calais) († 1931)
• Agatha Grootenboer, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adrianus Hendrik Arnaud de Calavon, Leiden

• Bernhard Philips Godfried Graaf van Schmettow (85), Pomorsko (Pommerzig), Lebuskië, Polen
• Aaltje Warnaars Schipper (78), Loosdrecht
• Bernhard Philipp Gottfried von Schmettau (85), Pomorsko / Pommerzig, Pologne
• ADRIANUS VAN DIJCK (70), Schilde
• Andries Hesen (72), Beringe,, Limburg, Nederland
• Apollonia Josepha Leman (64), Menen, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ambrosius Laurentius Swinkels (65), Lieshout, Nederland
• Adriaan Franciscus van Dijck (70), Schilde
• Ambrosius Swinkels (65), Lieshout, Laarbeek
• Amanda Williford [|||] (4), Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois ql

• 1855 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator († 1924)
• 1858 » Charlotte Scott, English mathematician († 1931)
• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)
• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

• 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.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 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 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• 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.

The temperature on June 8, 1872 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.