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• Agnes Hermine Sträter, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Alida van Zonneveld, Haarlem († 1874)
• Alida van Donselaar, Heemstede († 1955)
• Adriaan Cornelis Heijboer, Oud Vossemeer
• Anna Gijsberta Bos, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1943)
• Adele Jeanette Lanckmans, Luik, Luik, Belgie († 1950)
• Adriaantje Verhagen, Pernis († 1949)
• Aafje Volger, Assendelft NH NL († 1887)
• Anna Dymphna Isabella van Veldhoven, Woensdrecht († 1916)
• Albertus Gerrits, Sambeek († 1915)

• Antje Jans Loopstra (73), Tjalleberd
• Ariaantje Jongejan (57), Zijpe
• Annigje van Vegten (74), Linschoten
• Arend Brunenberg (0), Dedemsvaart
• Antje Jans Loopstra (76), AEngwirden
• Antonia van den Belt (82), Doesburg {GE}
• Geerts Anna Maria (1), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Arientje Jongejan (57), Zijpe
• Albertus Johannes Lentferink (34), Nutter, Denekamp, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes Lentferink (34), Nutter (Denekamp)

• 1862 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist († 1951)
• 1863 » Casey Jones, American engineer († 1900)
• 1868 » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist († 1933)
• 1869 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright († 1951)
• 1874 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics († 1951)
• 1879 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1882 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic († 1969)
• 1885 » Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1886 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist († 1964)
• 1887 » Sylvia Beach, American-French publisher, founded Shakespeare and Company († 1962)

• 1791 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
• 1811 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 » Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1739)
• 1860 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)

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.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 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.
• November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on March 14, 1872 was about 10.7 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.