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• Adriana Jongkind, Groot Ammers Zhl. Nederland († 1929)
• Alphonsus Maria Obbens, Tilburg-Noord-Brabant-NL († 1871)
• Alberdiena Noeverman, Junne († 1871)
• Aaltje Jans Hoving, Beilen († 1872)
• Abraham Kolk, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Aaltje HILHORST, Eemnes, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1956)
• Abraham Meijer, Ten Post (NL) († 1943)
• Adrienne Mitterrand, Limoges, 87055, France († 1958)
• Dempenfeld († 1946)
• Agatha Johanna Petronella Borsboom, Den Haag († 1936)

• Antonius Gerardus Oremus (13), Velp
• Cornelis Kraakman (0), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Nicolaas Overmeer (0), Arnhem
• Cecilia Carpentier (74), Boezinge West-Vlaanderen België
• Cornelia van Fessem (51), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Francisca Bral (32), Kieldrecht, België
• Elisabeth Maria Bernardina Speet (0), Leiden
• Cornelia Vessem Fessem (51), Terheijden (Drimmelen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Catherine Joseph Del Sinne (59), Cordes, 7910, Belgique
• Adrianus Deckers (69), Wouw

• 1858 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist († 1934)
• 1870 » Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1871 » Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company († 1948)
• 1872 » Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer († 1947)
• 1873 » Fred Stone, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1878 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines († 1944)
• 1881 » George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor († 1955)
• 1881 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd († 1954)
• 1883 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company († 1971)
• 1883 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal († 1965)

• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)

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.
• January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
• March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
• 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).
• 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 August 19, 1871 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.