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• Adrianus Hulst, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• van Antwerpen, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1872)
• Alice Whelan, Trimulgherry, Madras, India
• Adriana Catharina de Lange, Schiedam, Nederland
• Aaltje Cupido, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• * Maria (2) Baars, 's Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1873)
• Adriaantje van Rijnsbergen, Oud Alblast († 1921)
• Amalphus Lee "Fate" Holcomb, Mississippi († 1947)
• van Zuilen, Katwijk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Willemina Reewinkel, Hummelo (Bronckhorst) († 1954)

• Albert Felix Justin de la Cour de Balleroy (43)
• Anna Catharina STUEMGES (84), Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Albert de la Cour de Balleroy (43)
• Aafke Klazes Post (20), Wijk C, no. 178, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• van Teeckelenburgh (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Leeflang (1), Schiedam
• Olivier, Henderijna (0), Nieuwenhoorn
• ALBERT ESSCHENDAL (99), BAALDER
• Angenieta Pufkes (51), Leiden
• Aart de KIEVIT (0), 's-Gravendeel

• 1865 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)
• 1877 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and author († 1944)
• 1878 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author († 1957)
• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)

• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)

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.
• 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.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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 August 10, 1872 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.