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• Alexander John Charles Albert van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha Prins van Wales, Sandringham House, Norfolk († 1871)
• Albert Whitten Snider, Perry County, Ohio († 1925)
• Adrianus van der Neut, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kuil, Arkel, Netherlands († 1871)
• Adriaan Sinnige, Zijpe († 1928)
• Aafke Wiebes, Groningen (Groningen) († 1938)
• Alexander John van Saksen-Coburg en Gotha († 1871)
• Adolphe Antoine Louis Maria Mignot, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1964)
• Adriaan Sinnege, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Adolphe Antoine Louis Marie Mignot, Woensel († 1964)

• Cornelia Snijders (78), Raamsdonkveer
• Aaltje Jochums de Wit (85), Nieuwe Pekela
• Anna VAN Rijnsberge(N) (23), Sliedrecht
• Anthonia Udo (16), Heerewaarden
• Aaltje Scholtmeijer (40), Beilen 34
• Aart Roberts Tellegen (67), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneke van Bekkum (50), Beusichem
• Aaltje Koning (34), Assendelft NH NL
• Adrianus Wenschot (65), Oudenbosch
• Anthonia Immerseel (68), Naaldwijk

• 1857 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer († 1922)
• 1860 » René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer († 1945)
• 1861 » Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author († 1897)
• 1864 » William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic († 1934)
• 1866 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal († 1931)
• 1869 » Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright († 1951)
• 1878 » Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright († 1934)
• 1881 » Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower († 1953)
• 1884 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer († 1927)
• 1886 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople († 1972)

• 1829 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
• 1833 » Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 » José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)

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.
• July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• 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.
• November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
• 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 April 6, 1871 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.