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• Allegonda Gitsels, Arnhem
• Abraham de Graaf, Hoek, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1915)
• Alberdina van der Leij, Surhuizum († 1955)
• Aldert Balk († 1938)
• Adriana Kooij, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albertina Lubbes van der Ley, Surhuizum
• Polman, Woerden
• Aaltje Haverkamp, (11-02-1872 ) Putten (Huinen)
• Aafien Noorman, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• * Cornelis Johannes van der Kleij, Gouda († 1947)

• * Jenneke Christina van Daalen (35), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina VAN ASBROECK (60), Brussel,1000,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Albertus Bos (43), Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Loman (38), Warnsveld
• Albert Gerrits de Groot (28), Blokzijl
• Adriaan Priems (38), Oisterwijk
• Aaltje Pels (18), Woerden
• Aagje Kunst (53), Akersloot
• Anna (Johanna) de Pater (80), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dirix (44), Gelinden, België

• 1855 » Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1857 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary († 1926)
• 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
• 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
• 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
• 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)

• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)

• 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.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

The temperature on August 18, 1872 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.