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• Anna Douma, Oosternijkerk, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Baars, Arnhem († 1949)
• Camilus Dobbelaere, Merendree († 1872)
• Albert Boekhoven, Nieuw Beerta († 1957)
• Alida Hees, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna Beekes, Amsterdam
• Andrew Jackson Gabbard, Jackson († 1963)
• Anna Maria Brown, Massachusetts, United States
• Albert Boekhoven, Nieuw Beerta gem. Beerta († 1957)
• Anna Maria Pieternella Verduijn, Goes († 1947)

• "Charlotte" Henriette Marie Natalie von Necker (59), Dresden, Allemagne
• Ann Battledore Johnson (53), Farmington, Davis County, Utah, United States of America
• "Belia" Sebilla Sijbilla Sebilla (89), Hagestein, NL
• Aalbert van Hattem (2), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Blokland (0), Giessendam
• Agnes Mary Georgiana BYNG (JOLLIFFE) (37), Baden, Germany
• Sybilla Versteeg (90), Hagestein, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Kroon (40), Ter Aar
• Aaltje Derks (70), Noordsleen (Sleen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Coppens (0), Goirle

• 1857 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1872 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter († 1944)
• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
• 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
• 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
• 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)

• 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
• 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)

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.
• February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 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 9 » The Great Boston Fire 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.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

The temperature on March 7, 1872 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.