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• Albert Jans Smink, Oosterzee, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriaantje van Holst, Hoogvliet († 1875)
• Magermans, Meerssen († 1872)
• Albert Smink, Oosterzee, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hermanus Kagenaar, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1872)
• Adrianus Wijnandus van Waardenburg, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• van Iersel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Anna Torke, Town Sherman († 1949)
• Alice Withrow, Rutherford County, North Carolina († 1917)
• Allan Eduard Johann HERZOG, Stockholm, Stockholm, Stockholm, Zweden († 1921)

• Aize Thomas de Jong (55), Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas van Beek (66), Sint Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Hogeveen (61), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij Mudde (80), Lekkerkerk, Nederlek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kreunen (0), 's-Gravenland, Zuid Holland
• Aise Thomas (Aize) de Jong (55), De Tike, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aize Thomas de Jong (55), De Tike, Smallingerland, Frslnd, Nthr
• Aleydis (Aaltje) WOUTERS (75), Arnhem
• Barend Israéls (51), Meppel
• Arie Kleinhout (0), Amsterdam

• 1859 » Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician († 1911)
• 1860 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1911)
• 1861 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist († 1912)
• 1869 » Fernande Sadler (d.1949), French painter and mayor
• 1869 » Rachel Caroline Eaton, American academic († 1938)
• 1874 » Erwin Bumke, German lawyer and jurist († 1945)
• 1880 » Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread († 1960)
• 1882 » Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer († 1941)
• 1884 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German author and playwright († 1958)
• 1884 » Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer († 1918)

• 1863 » William Mulready, Irish genre painter (b. 1786)
• 1865 » David Herold (b. 1842)
• 1865 » George Atzerodt (b. 1833)
• 1865 » Lewis Payne (b. 1844)
• 1865 » Mary Surratt (b. 1823)
• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)

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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• 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.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on July 7, 1872 was about 27.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 40%.