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• Anna Maria Verstegen, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1933)
• (w) Homrighausen, Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1872)
• * Jacobus Frederik Baars, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, NL († 1872)
• Aarnhout Anthony Verdonk, Goes († 1874)
• Adriana Schipper, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alois Dehoorne, Zarren
• Anna Cornelia BIJLAARD, Rockanje
• Aaltje Engel, Avereest († 1872)
• Anna Margaretha Heydenrych
• Anna Geertruida Hoekom († 1949)

• Ann Slade (68), Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
• Albertje Middelbrink (75), Diever
• Aleida Oude Elberink (52), Geesteren (Tubbergen)
• Adriana Katharina Kentie (18), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• "Theodorus" Dirk Dirk (85), Herveld, NL
• Adriana Margaretha Diesbergen (31), Schiedam
• Abigail Lenora Snow (70), Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
• Aloisius Benedictus BOLLENGIER (56), Armentières, 59017, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Antoon Pieter Willem Karel van der Grinten (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albertje (Albertien) Harms Middelbrink (75), Wittelte (Drenthe:Westerveld)

• 1847 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph († 1931)
• 1855 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1860 » Rachilde, French author and playwright († 1953)
• 1863 » John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston († 1950)
• 1864 » Louis Bouveault, French chemist († 1909)
• 1869 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author († 1945)
• 1869 » Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum († 1939)
• 1874 » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator († 1953)
• 1881 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter († 1966)
• 1897 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)

• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)

• 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 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.
• May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
• 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on February 11, 1872 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.