About the day » Tuesday August 13, 1872Calender converter

• Stanneveld, Ter Apelkanaal gem. Vlagtwedde († 1872)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Corstiaensen, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana Verhage, Oostkapelle, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1923)
• Adriaan Jongenengel, 's-Gravenpolder
• Anthonie Dubbeld, Jisp († 1941)
• Anna Maria Tuerlings, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Zuil, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde († 1896)
• Anna Maria Teurlings, Tilburg
• Adolph Henry Zoellner, Perry County, MO († 1956)
• Adriana Verhage, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1923)

• Arnoldus Albertus Goebel (1), (ZH) Kralingen
• Bastiaan van den Engel (0), Hoogvliet
• Alice Ann Todd (25), Toddsville, Otsego County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus van de Rijt (42), Tilburg
• Arend Kelder (1), Ommen Stad
• Johannes Maria van Deutekom (2), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Andreas Gijs (1), Eede
• Alida Hoogendoorn (48), Jaarsveld (UTR) The Netherlands
• Antje Jans Stellingwerf (31), Driesum, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ankje Joekes Ferwerda (0)

• 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)

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 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

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%.