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• Anna Cornelia Breve, Schiedam, Nederland († 1944)
• de Kruijf, Bunnik, Nederland († 1872)
• Aafke Ates de Vries, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Aart van Arkel, Gorinchem († 1933)
• Andries Vrij, Dokkum († 1872)
• Alo√Øse BISCHOFF, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1965)
• Aartje van de Put, Epe
• Aartje van de Put, Epe
• Alice May Stevens, Story City, Story Co., IA († 1956)
• Aiko Beishuizen, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde) († 1911)

• Alberdina Klaucke Klaucke (41), Assen (Drenthe, Netherlands)
• Albert Elijah DEAR (0), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Antje Symens Bouma (2), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• (stillborn) Lans (0), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Anna Margaretha Esselink (49), Ommen
• Aaltjen van Berkum (83), Herxen (Wijhe)
• Adrianus Twigt (0), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelisse Vermaat (Vermaten) (62), Steenbergen
• Alfred Edourd Benard, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abel Werkman (3), Woltersum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1861 » Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic († 1959)
• 1864 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1865 » Princess Marie of Orléans († 1908)
• 1866 » George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher († 1949)
• 1866 » Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer († 1901)
• 1869 » Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta († 1931)
• 1870 » Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist († 1959)
• 1878 » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian († 1967)
• 1881 » Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman († 1961)
• 1883 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach († 1967)

• 1838 » Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1860 » William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 » Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1872 » William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)

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 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on January 13, 1872 was about 3.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.