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• Jan van der Veer, Menaldumadeel
• Albertje Luikens Geuken, Winschoten († 1958)
• Alice Danniels, Bere Regis, Dorset, England († 1943)
• Alphonsus Cornelis van Asten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriaan van Venrooij, Made en Drimmelen († 1944)
• Adriana Wevers, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1876)
• Adrianus Lodewijk Christiaan Esser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Adam Zdislau Graaf Zamoysky († 1933)
• Aaltina Gezina Mensing, Rolde († 1962)
• Adelheid Fischer

• Aukje Berends Eikelaar (78), Groningen
• Bartha Epskamp (9), Hoogland
• Antonia Verver (75), Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Vis (0), Allegan Co, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen TANNEMAAT (32), Westendorp
• Abraham van Zutphen (26), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje CORVER (47), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartha Epskamp (9), Hoogland,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Roos (69)
• Anna Geerts Reintsema (74), Oude Pekela

• 1852 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator († 1924)
• 1861 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company († 1932)
• 1863 » Reinhard Scheer, German admiral († 1928)
• 1870 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1870 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1882 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic († 1945)
• 1883 » Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician († 1945)
• 1883 » Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist († 1971)
• 1887 » Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress († 1980)
• 1893 » Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1964)

• 1865 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
• 1891 » Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
• 1897 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
• 1910 » Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)

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.
• February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 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.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on September 30, 1872 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.