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• Arnoldus Theodorus Sweep, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnolda Berdina Cornelis, Hapert
• Antonette Peternelle Degenaar, Rotterdam († 1872)
• Antje Bezemer, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Annigje de WAARD, Maasdam
• Aloysius Christia(a)n(us) Doorakkers, Tilburg (N-B) († 1872)
• Antje BEZEMER Pdr, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1938)
• Anna Christina van Leeuwen, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina van Leeuwen, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Dominicus Schomaker, Ambt Hardenbergh († 1961)

• Adrianus de Jeu (0), Kralingen, Nederland
• Albert Herman van Dongen (5), Broekhuizen, Gemeente Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Groels (85), Beek, Nederland
• Anje Jacobs Fluks (31), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Willemsdochter BRANDS (82), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Rijk (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Antonie Looij (48), Geervliet
• Antje Biersteker (66), Wieringerwaard
• Aaltje BRANDS (82), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Aalt Vos (70)

• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)
• 1856 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia († 1919)
• 1860 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer († 1935)
• 1863 » Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist († 1922)
• 1867 » Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1947)
• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)
• 1890 » Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club († 1974)

• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)

• 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.
• 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.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on August 3, 1872 was about 13.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.