About the day » Monday August 19, 1872Calender converter

• (Stillborn) FOPMA BONNEMA, Tzummarum (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1872)
• Aart Kappetijn, Delfshaven († 1950)
• Anna Strengers, Vlijmen († 1872)
• Adrianus Johannes BURKIJ, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Eliza Rademan, Kimberley, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa (Rep.) († 1931)
• Aaltje Ariensd Wilner, Den Helder, nh.nld († 1945)
• Albertje Wildeboer, Giethoorn Nederland († 1938)
• Adolf Degraeve, Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1897)
• Adrianus Veldhoen, Brielle († 1873)
• Aafke Land, Opeinde, Achtkarspelen (Frld.)

• Aleijda Willemsen (37), Lent(Nijmegen)
• Adriaan Priems (38), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Adrianus Kustermans (71), Rucphen (NL)
• Adrianus Oostveen (75), Leiden
• Arnoldus Martinus Antonius Marie de Roy van Suydewijn (41), Geertruidenberg
• Anna Julie Johansdatter (6)
• (25), hellevoetsluis
• Anna Maria Rabisson, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Drost (78), Apeldoorn Gld. NL
• Alida Wanrooij (0), Zaltbommel

• 1858 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist († 1934)
• 1870 » Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1871 » Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company († 1948)
• 1872 » Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer († 1947)
• 1873 » Fred Stone, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1878 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines († 1944)
• 1881 » George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor († 1955)
• 1881 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd († 1954)
• 1883 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company († 1971)
• 1883 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal († 1965)

• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)

• 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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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.
• 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 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 19, 1872 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.