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• Aaltje Medendorp, Bedum († 1872)
• Angenieta De JONG, Delft († 1949)
• annigje KOLSTER, strijen († 1872)
• Anthonij Jans KROEK, Barsbeek († 1954)
• Anthoniij Jans Kroek, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1954)
• Annie Meades, Lambridge, Somerset, England († 1958)
• Anthonij Jans Kroek, Vollenhove Ambt (Barsbeek) († 1954)
• Angenieta de Jong, Delft († 1949)
• Albert Scholte, Vriescheloo (Bellingwolde) († 1873)
• Anna Gill Montanye, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

• Antje Zadok (Adele) van den Bergh (67), Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham (Gerritsz) van Eck (92), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van den Bergh (66), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reijns (85), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana van Wiggen, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• * Anna Kooiman (63), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Doornbos (52), Haulerwijk, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Kooiman (63), Haarlemmermeer, NH, Nederland
• Abraham Gerritsz van Eck (92), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrik RIJNS (85), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1856 » Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress († 1921)
• 1862 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author († 1911)
• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)

• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)

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.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on August 21, 1872 was about 25.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.