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• Alix de Bourqueney († 1887)
• Jeronia Plomp, Zegveld
• Adolphe-Joseph DUJARDIN, Vred,59870,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aiko Groen, Holthusen, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen († 1983)
• Aart Verhoef, Ermelo
• Achillus Joannes BEIRLAEN, Waregem
• Achille Joseph LAMBERT, Houx,5530,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Ale van der Hoek, Utingeradeel
• Alida Jacoba Maria van Zeijl, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Agina Kwak, Bellingwolde (Westerwolde), Groningen, Nederland († 1961)

• Adriaantje Mastbergen (0), Numansdorp
• Aartje Pietersdr. Dijkgraaf (76), Heenvliet
• Barbara Maessen (51), Maastricht
• Antonius (Antoon) Gerrits (70), 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag), Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Blanken (0), Veeningen, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Maria de Koning (0), Wateringen
• Aartje Pietersd DIJKGRAAF (76), Heenvliet
• aartje DIJKGRAAF (76), heenvliet
• Antje Sijtzes Ritsma (53), Niezijl, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Blanken (0), Zuidwolde (Veeningen),, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
• 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
• 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
• 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
• 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)
• 1886 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general († 1945)
• 1887 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway († 1945)
• 1889 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan († 1977)

• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)

• 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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• 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.
• 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 July 18, 1872 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.