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• Amalie Spies, Langewiese, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Alice Van Duyne, Morris Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van de Bunt, Maarsseveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• abraham van den ham, culemborg († 1872)
• Aaltje van de Bunt, Oud-Maarseveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Leenhouts, Cadzand
• Adriana Nieuwkerk, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje VISSER, Gaasterlân-Sleat, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Frijters, Baarle-Nassau († 1946)
• Anna Catharina Jong de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1872)

• Aart Arie Dalm (0), Giessen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alida Hermanus Conradi (87)
• Aleksander Rembieliński (51)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel (44), Uden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Marijtje de Haan (27), Pernis
• Antje Quax (0), Zijpe
• Anne Nielsdatter (72), Alminde
• Aaltje Hermanus Coenradi (85), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Alida Hermanus (Aaltje, Hermans) Coenradi (Conradi) (85), Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleidis (Alida Hermanus) Coenradi (86), Dronrijp

• 1863 » Hugo Becker, German cellist and composer († 1941)
• 1867 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player († 1905)
• 1870 » Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1873 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer († 1938)
• 1876 » Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire († 1933)
• 1879 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist († 1949)
• 1880 » Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1881 » Eleanor Farjeon, Jewish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1965)
• 1883 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
• 1883 » Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director († 1922)

• 1831 » Edward Berry, English admiral (b. 1768)
• 1837 » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1809)
• 1845 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773)
• 1877 » Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
• 1883 » Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
• 1888 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1892 » Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
• 1893 » Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
• 1905 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)

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 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 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.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

The temperature on February 13, 1872 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.