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• Aaltje Alberts Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1872)
• Aaltje Schonewille, Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1872)
• Albertus Petrus van Zyl
• Anna Maria Bock, bardenberg
• Akke Wijngaarden, Hijum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana Johanna de Veen, Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1904)
• Anna Cornelia van Gool, Tilburg
• Akke Romkes Wijngaarden, Hijum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1931)
• Alida Geertruida Vink, Alkmaar († 1922)
• Adriana Johanna Koot, Haarlem, Nederland († 1927)

• Anna Gertrudis op den Camp (73), Urmond
• Albert de Jonge (1), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kruijssen (46), Boxtel
• Anna DE BRUYCKER (61), Moerkerke, 8340, Damme, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Hendriks Westerhof (67), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Boogaard (7), Waverveen
• Adrianus Monster (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonia van Accooij (41), Nieuwaal
• Alida Dennekamp (0), Oude Pekela
• Alida Dennekamp (0), Oude Pekela (gem. Pekela)

• 1856 » Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist († 1931)
• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on January 18, 1872 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.