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• Albert Stoffer, Oldebroek
• Andries Moret, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adriaan van Zurk, Haarlem († 1877)
• Agnes RIEDL, Graslitz,35801,Karlsbader Region,NORDWESTEN,TSCHECHIEN
• Adriana Heijmans, Rosmalen († 1944)
• Adelson SINTY, Ellezelles,Hainaut,BELGIQUE († 1921)
• Adriaan van Zundert, Oosterhout († 1872)
• Alida Maria Ewald, Anna Paulowna († 1952)
• Adrianus Schouten, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1958)
• Albertus Kleinrensink, Ede († 1945)

• Anna Vermond (86), Moordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Schottink (3), Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Arends Nannes (67), Zuidbroek
• Anna Maria Catharina Timpert;Breuker (64), Buer
• Antonia Roti (3), Tilburg
• Aafke du Buij (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN DER HEIDE (0), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands
• Akke Nijdam (29), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Deckers (79), Peer
• Anna Catharina Crabbe (82), Werchter

• 1865 » Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist († 1942)
• 1867 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician († 1943)
• 1869 » José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1952)
• 1874 » Edward Harkness, American philanthropist († 1940)
• 1874 » Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach († 1924)
• 1875 » D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1877 » Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1923)
• 1879 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet († 1953)
• 1880 » Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player († 1920)
• 1880 » Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1956)

• 1840 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1850 » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 » Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
• 1892 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

• 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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on January 22, 1872 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.