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• Anna, Maria Mertens, Ubach over Worms (L) († 1955)
• Anna Cornelia Louisa Albers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1955)
• Aleida Coobs, Steenderen, Nederland
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Poppel, Tilburg († 1944)
• Anna Maria Louise de la Fontaine Verweij, Deventer († 1949)
• Anna Janssen, Rucphen († 1948)
• Anna Janssen, Ruchpen en Sprundel
• Adrianus Cornelis Pigmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1871)
• Akke Jans Brandsma, Langweer, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriana van Rijnberk, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1951)

• Adriana Gevers (74), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Sophia de MEESTER (48), Groede, Sluis, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Amélie W Willems (73), Louvain
• Anna Roem (2), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lok (1), Beilen
• Alida Bonsel (1), Leiden
• Anna Maria Demarsin (22), Sint Pieters Rode Vl.Brabant
• Anne Jane Rodgers (53), Ballinran, Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland
• Andreas Gerhard (56), Fernwald, Ortsteil Steinbach
• Anna Dorothea Elise Koester (1), Neumunster, 24534, Germany

• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
• 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
• 1884 » Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor († 1917)
• 1885 » Gianni Vella, Maltese artist († 1977)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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.
• February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on May 9, 1871 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.