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• Alphonsius Johannes Staal, Zaamslag
• Anna Popken, Duurze (Rolde) 5 († 1872)
• Alberta Johanna Braakhekke, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adolfo Taques, Tibagi, Paraná, Brasil
• Abraham Maria van Wijngaarden, Naaldwijk
• Adriana van der Bom, Oudenbosch († 1873)
• Abraham Pieter Breel, Ritthem
• Aleida Veen († 1933)
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• Demaerel, WATOU, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België († 1936)

• andries MORET (73), 's-gravendeel
• Aleida Maria FONTEIN (0), Zevenaar
• Alvin Isaac Armstrong (1), Springdale Township, Cedar County, Iowa
• Arend GOEMAAT (75), Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• "Klemens" August Carl Joseph Franciscus von Twickel (83)
• Andries Cornelisz Moret (74), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Steenhouwer (43), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Eijkenboom (8), Schiedam
• Abraham Boender (0), Nieuw Beijerland
• Antonie van den Broek (35), Vught

• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)

• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)

• 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 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on February 4, 1872 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.