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• Antonia Snelders, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Akke LUINSTRA, Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Antje Schouten, Harenkarspel († 1960)
• Andries Cornelis Diehl, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianus Euser, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Albert Lanting, Zwinderen, gem. Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Markus, Schiedam, ZH, Nederland († 1916)
• Antje Scheper, Horsten (Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Antje Jentjes Meintema, Roordahuizum († 1947)
• Akke (Agnes) Luinstra, Kollummerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1964)

• Adriana Jacobse van BEELEN (82), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Aafke Schenkel (26), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Okken (3), Krakeel, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Verholen (56), Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barend Boon (34), Apeldoorn
• Adriana Jacobsdr van Beelen (81), Scheveningen
• Arnoldus Maria de Lepper (74), Baarle Nassau
• Andries Papo (40), Batavia
• Alexander McClean (89), Lamont, Pennsylvania, United States
• Albert Westerveen (44), Sibculo

• 1855 » James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States († 1912)
• 1857 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player († 1894)
• 1868 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author († 1969)
• 1872 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper († 1957)
• 1875 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer († 1958)
• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)

• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
15. Jacoba
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

The temperature on October 24, 1871 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.