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• Adrianus Bernardus Hendricus Foet, Kethel en Spaland († 1943)
• Anna Catharina van 't Geloof, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adrianus Tenwolde, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Alida Anna van der Geest, Warmond, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Aaltje Rodenhuis, Leeuwarden († 1874)
• Anna Maria Bruls, Nagelbeek Schinnen († 1922)
• Adam Andries Ras, Vrouwenparochie, Nederland († 1901)
• Mäsker, Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1872)
• Andries Lambertus van Engelen, Rotterdam († 1893)
• Adrianus Julianus van den Thillart, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1872)

• Antje Pieters van der Veen (22), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (22), Nuis (gem. Marum)
• Andries Gerard Willem graaf van Hogendorp (63), Brielle,Gemeente Brielle,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aartje van Groeningen (74), IJsselstein
• Verdonck Bartholomeus (70), Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
• Abraham de Jong (0), Bunschoten
• Annechien Comdeur (47), Emmen
• Aleida Frederike Victoria van Heemstra (15), 's Gravenhage
• Andries Gerard Willem van Hogendorp (63), Brielle
• Annechien Comdeur (Komduur) (47), Emmen

• 1855 » Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist († 1931)
• 1859 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel († 1896)
• 1860 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 1954)
• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)

• 1831 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)

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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on February 14, 1872 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.