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• Alberta Overeem, Amerongen, Utrecht, The Netherlands († 1960)
• Wilhelmina Gijsbertha Hendrika Overeem, Aalburg († 1959)
• Adriana Hartman, WOUDRICHEM (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Aalt Bokhorst, Garderen
• Adriana Hartman, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Valk, Dinter, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van de Valk, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Aat Koster, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Willem Dekker, Hoogeveen († 1872)
• Aaltje Annes Vries de ongehuwd, Tietjerkstradeel, Fr, Nederland († 1901)

• Bernhard Haas (61), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Allegonda Beckers (62), Venlo
• Berendina Bruggeman (30), Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angelina Daems (42), Herentals
• Arie HOOGENBOEZEM (0), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Carolus Mares (76), Zevekote
• Catharina Maria de Haas (4), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana SNAAIJER (7), Puttershoek
• Hendrikje Jans De Weerd (72), Krakeel (Hoogeveen)
• Andreas de Leijer (51), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on February 16, 1872 was about 1.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.