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• Adriana Prins, Etten-Leur
• Adriana van Mastrigt, Zevenbergen († 1957)
• Adriana PRINS, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Nijenhuis, Olst,Gemeente Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Aart Geurtse Veenendaal, Ede (GL) († 1941)
• Albert Nijenhuis, Olst, Nederland († 1942)
• Alberta van Beek, Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1936)
• Adrianus van der Linden, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Kiewiet, Drouwenermond (Borger) († 1872)
• Albert Bakhuizen, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1939)

• Adriaan Ron de (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Verhoeven (38), Maasdam, Nederland
• Ann Toole (82)
• Anthonij HAGEDOORN (77), Elburg,Gemeente Elburg,GELDERLAND,NETHERLANDS
• Anna Geertruda van der Sterren (5), Horst, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Saenen (71), Tessenderlo 3980(Belgie)
• Almira Murry AYERS (38)
• Antonij van Aert (38), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Tool (81), Yonge Street, north of Toronto, Canada
• Aaltje de JONGE (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1860 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer († 1940)
• 1864 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1867 » Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator († 1944)
• 1868 » Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright († 1925)
• 1869 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1872 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient († 1963)
• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)
• 1883 » Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1908)

• 1851 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
• 1852 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1852 » Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1862 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1862 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1879 » Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 » Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)

• 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.
• March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
• July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

The temperature on September 14, 1872 was about 19.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.