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• Adriana Anthonia van der Stigt, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Passé, Nieuwer Amstel
• Adriana van Vuuren, rotterdam
• * Adrianus Kon, Lexmond († 1917)
• Aaltje Willems Vletter, Oegstgeest
• Adriana Tak, Schiedam († 1872)
• Adriana HORVEST, Etten en Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Anthonia Van STIGT, Puttershoek
• Anna Catharina Tiddens, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Schellings, Erp († 1930)

• Albertus ten Have (46), Almelo
• Albertus de Schepper (67), Oostkamp, België
• Anna Petersz Niezen (26), Nieuwer Amstel
• Adriana Petronella Dozij (68)
• ANNA WILHELMINA HOLLER (73), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna (Johanna) Mathilde van Goethem (0), Graauw en Langendam
• Anna van der Graaf (66), Dordrecht, NL
• "Pauline" Louise Marie Élisabeth Françoise Fortunée Piscatory de Vaufreland (45), Paris
• Aaltje Roelofs Vredeveld (72), Hijken (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Scheick (71), Amsterdam

• 1860 » Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist († 1937)
• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

• 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.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 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 8, 1872 was about 9.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.