About the day » Wednesday March 29, 1871Calender converter

• Olde Theussink, Lutte (Losser) († 1871)
• Anna Maria Regina Reijnders, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.B.) († 1953)
• Anna Cornelia de Lange, Benschop
• Anna Cornelia Krouwers, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus van der Ploeg, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adolf Sap, Stedum († 1872)
• Aagje ONDERDELINDE, Middelharnis
• Adolf Sap, Stedum, Loppersum Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands († 1872)
• Albert Haverkamp, Lonneker, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Petrus Umans, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)

• Anna Catharina Dekkers (4), Grevenbicht
• Adrien BOUCHY (54), Metz (57), France
• Adriana Julia Cornelia Pex (5), Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Christina Hulscher (87), Zetten
• Abraham Lebrun (27), Muiden, NH, The Netherlands
• Albertus Post (6), Kralingen
• Anna Adriana Monshouwer (0), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wijmenga (0), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Weijsen (64), Susteren
• Olde Theussink (0), Lutte(Losser)

• 1863 » Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia († 1943)
• 1867 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager († 1955)
• 1869 » Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar († 1943)
• 1869 » Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect († 1944)
• 1870 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain († 1904)
• 1871 » Tom Hayward, English cricketer († 1939)
• 1872 » Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia († 1953)
• 1873 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1874 » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States († 1944)
• 1876 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player († 1908)

• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)

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 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
• January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
• March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• 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.
• October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

The temperature on March 29, 1871 was about 1.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.