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• Adrianus Nielsen, Oudewater, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1872)
• Anna
• Adriana Petronella Burggraaf, Zegveld (UT NL) († 1949)
• Adriaan Westdorp, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alfons van Gasse, Temse († 1948)
• adriana dirkje vermeer, ijsselstein († 1951)
• Anna Leguit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Anthonie Koster
• Aleida Slot, Deventer († 1872)
• Christina Zijlmans, Dussen

• Aleida Peters (71), Braamt
• Anna Cornelia van den Broek (57)
• Anna Maria Helena Bekel (29), Gross Hesepe, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Breßmer (43)
• Annaatje Levison (8), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Van Leeuwen (0), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Anna Katharina de Heer (61), zutphen
• Adriana Johanna van Harmelen (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Harmelen (0), Schiedam
• Adriana Levina Schilleman (3), Terneuzen

• 1864 » Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician († 1946)
• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)

• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
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 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.
• 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 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 January 11, 1872 was about 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.