About the day » Sunday July 14, 1872Calender converter

• Arjen Klazes Sjollema, Grouw, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Anna Helena Berens, Stadskanaal(Gr)-Braamberg († 1872)
• Jozef Maria Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Anna Dorothea Carolina Blommert, Amsterdam
• Aartje van der Horst, Harderwijk († 1924)
• Anna Hermina Maria 't Hart, Schiedam,- († 1957)
• Aaltje Drent, Wildervank († 1907)
• Alida Maria Joanna Mars, amsterdam († 1906)
• Andries Dirks Grondman, Blokzijl, Nederland
• Alice JAGER, Beaverdam Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A († 1937)

• Bauke Fongers Ringnalda (0), Folsgare, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bokke Jans Braaksma (0), gem. Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Brands (71), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Peek (57), Vianen
• Annigje Koops Knobbe (37), Opsterland
• Augustinus Van Den Broeck (60), Gierle
• Christiaan Hubert van Montfort (1), Maasbracht (Limburg)
• Agatha Van Ree (28), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Aloijsius Wilhelmus Sassen (Clingh), Alem, Maren en Kessel
• Anna Beerepoot (0), Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland 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)

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.
• 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 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• 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 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%.