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• Adriaantje de Kok, St Philipsland
• Aletta Sophia Catharina PRETORIUS
• Akke Lefferts de Jong, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Catharina van den Berg, Heythuysen († 1949)
• Aaltje Berghorst, Epe († 1899)
• Andreas Kristiaan Jansen, Ter-Apelkanaal Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 1872)
• Andreas Cornelis De Jonge, Scherpnisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1918)
• Agatha ZIJLSTRA, Franeker(Friesland) († 1895)
• Aaltje Swieter, Rottum
• "Johannes" Jan Arnold Jan Arnold, 's Hertogenbosch

• Anke de Jong (2), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Breugem (64), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ABRAHAM BREUGEM (64), DE LIER
• Adriana Catharina Grouw (74), Rotterdam
• Andries Sandijck (2), Goes, Nederland
• Anniegien Gerrits Vos (77), Kampereiland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Moors (61), Peer, 3990, België
• Antonia Mastenbroek (0), Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Verheijen (80), Baarle-Nassau
• Barbara Maria van Zoest (27), Puttershoek

• 1863 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author († 1930)
• 1864 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general († 1927)
• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)
• 1874 » Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist († 1928)
• 1879 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)

• 1806 » Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
• 1808 » John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
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.
• January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
• March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

The temperature on October 9, 1871 was about 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.