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• Adriana Maria van Dongen, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ?? van Oel, Delft († 1872)
• * Cornelia Johanna Wendel, Boskoop († 1946)
• Albert Weidenbaum, Bonn, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Aafje Slok, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Adrianus Christoffel Selsig, Oud en nieuw Gastel
• Albertine Bosch, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Albertus Johannes Baars, Arnhem {GE}
• Aalt van Kommer, Leersum († 1872)
• Anna Sibilla Kulik, Gouda († 1873)

• Antonius van den Boom (1), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benneville Fenstermacher (1), Berks Co.Pennsylvania
• Antonia Johanna Dubbe (35), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barteld Eenjes Kruizinga (76)
• ANNA ELISABETH STAES, Dessel
• Annichje Kok (29), Slagharen, gemeente Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Ven (0), Uden
• Anne Auvillain (53), Cluis, 36056, France
• Anne Hottinga (1844)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Josefine SCHLENKER (72), Telgte

• 1860 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist († 1934)
• 1861 » Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal († 1951)
• 1867 » Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan († 1952)
• 1867 » James Edwin Campbell, American poet, editor, short story writer and educator († 1896)
• 1868 » Evelyn Beatrice Hall, English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire, and wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre († 1956)
• 1870 » Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
• 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)
• 1881 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor († 1950)
• 1882 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer († 1963)

• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)

• 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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on September 28, 1872 was about 12.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.