About the day » Wednesday July 12, 1871Calender converter

• N.N. Rombout, Stoppeldijk († 1871)
• Aldert van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Alice Meschter Cassel
• Anna Christina Erna, Kozen, België
• Anna Elisabeth Christiaensen, Turnhout,, Antwerpen, België
• Albertje Drok, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Agnes Anna Niersman, Voorschoten († 1905)
• Albertje Koops Drok, Appelscha
• Anne Marguerite DUVAL, Rennes,35000, Frankrijk († 1950)
• Adriaan Koenen, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)

• Aart van Kooten (36), Amerongen 35
• Albert Spanjaard (4), Elburg
• Annigje Smit (77), Oud-Beijerland
• Aaltien Rossing (31)
• Adriana Maria Spijkers (1), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Adrianus Schimmel (9), Breukelen-St.Pieters
• Adam MOELIKER (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Embregts (0), Tilburg
• Anthonij Lampers (56), Middelburg
• Anne Marguerite Walraven (61), Heel en Panheel

• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)
• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
• December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

The temperature on July 12, 1871 was about 20.1 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.