About the day » Sunday July 14, 1872Calender converter

• Arisse Houweling, Bodegraven
• Visser († 1872)
• ? Westerink, Elburg, Gelderland, NL († 1872)
• Aartje van der Horst, Harderwijk († 1924)
• Adriana Paulina Jacobs, Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Andrew Josiah Brooks, Decatur, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Albertus Godefriedus Gerhardus Royaards, Oisterwijk,Gemeente Oisterwijk,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1959)
• Anna Katharina Kamerling, Waarde
• Alice JAGER, Beaverdam Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A († 1937)
• Antonius Hendrikus Mangels, Waalwijk († 1950)

• Annigjen Knobbe (37), Opsterland
• Bernardus Johannes Gerritsen (0), Abcoube-Baambrugge
• Bauke Fongers Ringnalda (0), Folsgare, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigjen Koops Knobbe (37), Gorredijk
• Annigjen (Koops) Knobbe (37), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus VERMUNT (53), Etten-Leur, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Beerepoot (0), Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Visser (0)
• Adriaan Verhage (0), Oostburg, Zeeland, NL
• Antje Wilts van der Lei (52), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1862 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator († 1945)
• 1862 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1918)
• 1863 » Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer († 1939)
• 1865 » Arthur Capper, American journalist and politician, 20th Governor of Kansas († 1951)
• 1866 » Juliette Wytsman, Belgian painter († 1925)
• 1868 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy († 1926)
• 1872 » Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker († 1939)
• 1874 » Abbas II of Egypt († 1944)
• 1874 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia († 1947)
• 1878 » Donald Meek, Scottish actor († 1946)

• 1827 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer, reviver of wave theory of light, inventor of catadioptric lighthouse lens (b. 1788)
• 1834 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American diplomat (b. 1763)
• 1850 » August Neander, German historian and theologian (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (b. 1775)
• 1876 » John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1813)
• 1881 » Billy the Kid, American criminal (b. 1859)
• 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
• 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1910 » Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)

• 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.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• 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.
• March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on July 14, 1872 was about 20.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.