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• Aleida Hasekamp, Hengelo († 1886)
• Adhémar Edward Georges 'Mon' Quartier, Menen († 1955)
• Abel Kuit, Scherpenzeel
• Andries Hoogerwerf, Vlaardingen
• Anna Margaretha Van Mierlo, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1872)
• Abraham Boender, Nieuw Beijerland († 1872)
• Anna Ruijter, Westwoud, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Albert Grotentraast, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Bertha Petronella Smit, Kruiningen († 1944)
• Anna Margaretha Gertruda van Mierlo, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1872)

• Andries Moret (73), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Croesen (0), Steenswijkmoer
• Anna Barbara Vanswyvelt (68), Schaffen, Vlaams-brabant, Belgie
• Andries Cornelisz MORET (73), 's-Gravendeel
• Arent Hendriks (Klein) Kleine (65)
• Anna Maria Hoffmann (42)
• "Klemens" August Carl Joseph Franciscus von Twickel (83)
• Aleida Nijhuis (55), Nutter (Denekamp)
• Arnoldus Johannes Gulje (69), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend GOEMAAT (75), Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)

• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)

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 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 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.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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 4, 1872 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.