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• Alexander Israël Philip, Groenlo († 1872)
• Aldert Martens de Vries, Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1930)
• Anna Frederika Halderiet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Frederika Halderiet, Leiden († 1950)
• Assendelft 87
• Anna Maria van der Eerden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Assendelft 313
• Alexander Macisaac, Morristown, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1939)
• Aalbert van Gelder, Geldermalsen († 1960)
• Annetje Karsijn, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1900)

• Adrianes Johannes Singelenberg (59), Veenhuizen, Gemeente Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Bras (26), zegwaart
• Alida Koeleman (64), Vrijenban
• van de Velde (0)
• Annegien Wolthers (26), Tarnów, Lesser Poland, Polen
• Hoekstra (0), Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Maria van Beem (92), Lent, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Boxtel (69), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Alida Frederika Averink (0), Almelo
• Alexander Weber (78), Bermershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1858 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman († 1954)
• 1860 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States († 1936)
• 1864 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author († 1934)
• 1868 » Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer († 1894)
• 1874 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer († 1965)
• 1878 » Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer († 1975)
• 1882 » Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic († 1941)
• 1885 » Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and author († 1942)
• 1886 » Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer († 1954)
• 1895 » Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress († 1927)

• 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
• 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
• 1891 » Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
• 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
• 1907 » René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
• 1908 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
• 1908 » Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
• 1910 » W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on January 25, 1872 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.