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• Adrianus Cornelis Bentvelzen, Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Snoep, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Snoek, Vlist († 1944)
• Albert Wierds de Boer, Suawoude, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adriana Johanna Lelieveld, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje Schuurman, Epe († 1875)
• Aleida Gertrude Braam, Till, Duitsland († 1937)
• Abraham Nikerk, Nieuwerkerk Zeeland Nederland († 1946)
• Albert Nanninga, Harlingen
• Adrianus Martinus Casper van der Pluijm, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Catharina Driessen (85), Rotterdam
• Agnes Maria van Mierlo (26), Tilburg
• Anna Maria van der Hoven (62), Schiedam
• Adrianus Jacobus van de Ven Sauveur (1), Rotterdam
• (66), Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Buis (65)
• albert liesten (3), midwolda
• Thijsse (0), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Blöser (2), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriana Buijs (65), Alphen

• 1863 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright († 1933)
• 1864 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1865 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist († 1949)
• 1865 » Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet († 1916)
• 1871 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician († 1910)
• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)
• 1876 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland († 1963)
• 1878 » Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer († 1959)
• 1880 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1959)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• 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.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 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.

The temperature on February 9, 1872 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.