About the day » Tuesday August 13, 1872Calender converter

• Albertus Eugenius Deyserink, Oostende (B)
• Adriana Verhage, Oostkapelle, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1923)
• Stanneveld, Ter Apelkanaal gem. Vlagtwedde († 1872)
• Andries van den Dungen, Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Verhage, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1923)
• Anna Maria Teurlings, Tilburg († 1954)
• Raedts, Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL
• Andries Verwaal, Pijnacker († 1950)
• Anna Maria Tuerlings, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de Roos, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland († 1957)

• Aldolphus Antonius Lammens (0), Sas van Gent Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Gankema (33), Vries,Drenthe,Nederland
• Augustinus van de Rijt (42), Tilburg
• Barbara Catharina Vanbiervliet (59), Boezinge
• Aaltje van der Zwet (49), Alkemade
• Alice Ann Todd (25), Toddsville, Otsego County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van der Zwet, Alkemade
• Arnoldus Albertus Goebel (1), (ZH) Kralingen
• Albert Verheij (4), Terborg (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Hoogendoorn (48), Jaarsveld

• 1851 » Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator († 1933)
• 1860 » Annie Oakley, American target shooter († 1926)
• 1866 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A († 1945)
• 1867 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator († 1933)
• 1872 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1942)
• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor († 1975)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)
• 1889 » Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal († 1958)

• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)

• 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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• 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.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on August 13, 1872 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.