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• Albertus Antonius Leytens, Antwerpen (Antwerpen, BEL) († 1872)
• Aalt Klein, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1873)
• Alexandre Anatole TOURNEUX, Voulton, 77560, Seine et Marne, France
• Abel SIREUIL, Condé-sur-l'Escaut... Hauts de France († 1932)
• Albert Wierds de Boer, Suawoude († 1954)
• Thijsse, Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland († 1872)
• Abraham Nikerk, Nieuwerkerk
• Adrianus Johannes Pontsioen, Woerden († 1949)
• Albertus Peters, Zwolle († 1950)
• Adrianus Johannes Pontsioen, Woerden († 1949)

• Adriana Driessen (85), Rotterdam
• Anje Jakobs Oosting (71), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Ann "Nancy" TROWSDALE (68), Crapaud, Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, CANADA
• Adriaan Ketelaar (27), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van de Ven Sauveur (1), Rotterdam
• Agnes Maria van Mierlo (26), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Heins Pijlman (1), Tjalleberd
• (0), Muggenbeet, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Meijs (76), Nieuwkuijk
• Anna Former (2), Franeker

• 1863 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright († 1933)
• 1864 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1865 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist († 1949)
• 1865 » Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet († 1916)
• 1871 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician († 1910)
• 1874 » Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator († 1925)
• 1876 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland († 1963)
• 1878 » Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer († 1959)
• 1880 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1959)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

• 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.
• June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
• 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 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.

The temperature on February 9, 1872 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.