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• Anna Josephina van Duppen, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria Peters, Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Afke Hendriks Liemburg, Gersloot-Aengwirden († 1941)
• Aaltje Rooker, Opperdoes († 1896)
• Ada Grace Mutton, NSW, Australia († 1955)
• Aart Stigter, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Alberti, Veenendaal
• Andrew Arnold "Andy" Wesendunk, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1928)
• Anna Maria Bommezijn, Den Haag, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Catharina Tettelaar, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)

• Amelia Mannin (64), 32 York Place Portman Squarelondon, Middlesex, United Kingdom
• Anna STREEFKERK (80), Dordrecht
• Agatha maria Maris (48), Groningen
• Adolphe Bouchard
• Aagje Jansdr Vader (62), Zuid-en Noord-Schermer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hoogenboom (0), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Archibald EDMONSTONE (76), Belgrave Square London England U.K
• Antonius Jacobus van Boxtel (0), Tilburg
• Arie Schouten (35), Zeist, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Huijbrechts (47), Schilde

• 1864 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) († 1935)
• 1865 » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar († 1944)
• 1866 » Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip († 1910)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)
• 1868 » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician († 1944)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland († 1953)
• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)
• 1874 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1952)
• 1878 » Reza Shah, Iranian king († 1944)
• 1879 » Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist († 1963)

• 1820 » Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (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 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
• September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

The temperature on March 15, 1871 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.