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• Adriana Susanna Boef den, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)
• Anna Clasina Ladage, Oost-Indië
• Aafje NIJMEIJER, Kalenberg († 1875)
• Aafje Nijmeijer, Kalenberg († 1875)
• Aletta Stilting, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• * Jan Koesemans, Rotterdam
• Anna Werkman, Michigan († 1962)
• Anna Catharina Hake, Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aletta Stilting (geb Castrop), Utrecht († 1951)
• Adriaantje van Meeteren († 1873)

• Gerard(us) Van Dongen (62), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Annigje de Keijzer (78), Willeskop
• Anje Alderts Dob (33), Uithuizen
• Berendina Bartelink (68), Olst, Gemeente Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Constantijn Doris (I) Leeuwenburgh (0), Zegwaart
• Barend Willem SCHARRENBERG (0), Twello, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna de Keizer Keijzer (78), Willeskop
• Anna de Keijzer (78), Willeskop
• Augusta Maria Joanna LUSYNE, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Andries de Kievit (74), 's-Gravenzande

• 1860 » Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author († 1887)
• 1860 » Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer († 1938)
• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
• 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 August 16, 1872 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.