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• Adriana van der Wiel, Noordwijk († 1937)
• Abraham Slager, Steenwijk,Gemeente Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana Nicolasina Brekelmans, 's-Gravenhage († 1909)
• Albert Hudson John Clayton, Esperance, Tasmania, Australia († 1922)
• Adriana van der Wiel, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Albert Cornelisz Appelman, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Nicolasina Brekelmans, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana Kooi, Heinenoord
• Aart Grob, Hilversum († 1873)
• Abraham Slager, Steenwijk († 1933)

• Antje Veerman (84), Ilpendam
• Abel Bousema (0), Niehove (Nijhoof), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Magdalena Letschert (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Leonora de Beer (70), Stomppoortfontein, Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa
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• Antoon de Laat, Helvoirt, NL
• Aaltien Jans BEIJERING, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allen Hanks (58), Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Theodora Walstok (0), Maastricht
• Albertje Haijes Woltjer (61), Schildwolde (Slochteren-Gr)

• 1848 » Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. († 1900)
• 1861 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic († 1942)
• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)

• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

• 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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 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.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

The temperature on August 9, 1872 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.