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• Aaltje van der Plas, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• * Kornelis van Kuijk, Oud Beijerland († 1948)
• anna maria van de put, tilburg, Netherlands († 1945)
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina van Dam, Zaltbommel,Gemeente Zaltbommel,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Hermina heij, Ede († 1934)
• Anna Paulina Biko, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Alphonsius BALCAEN, Wannegem-Lede,9772,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abraham Dekker, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria van de Put, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltjen Everts Spans, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1876)

• Akke Witteveen (2), Workum, Fr, Nederland
• Ann Finkell (78), Cambridge
• Apolonia van Hertum (34), s Heerenhoek
• Andries Moret (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Balkema (1), Holwierde
• Adriana Hoedt (64), Rotterdam
• Antje de Rue (79), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana PRIEMUS (34), Ellemeet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Lettinga, zuidwolde
• Aaltje Blok (54), Zegveld

• 1860 » Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer († 1903)
• 1862 » Paul Prosper Henrys, French general († 1943)
• 1864 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter († 1941)
• 1870 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1874 » Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer († 1949)
• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)
• 1886 » Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer († 1949)
• 1886 » Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager († 1963)

• 1833 » William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)
• 1842 » Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)
• 1854 » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
• 1873 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
• 1879 » Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
• 1881 » Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
• 1885 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
• 1901 » Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1906 » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• 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.

The temperature on March 13, 1872 was about 11.5 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.