About the day » Monday January 16, 1871Calender converter

• Raadgeep, Doetinchem Stad, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Visscher, Steenwijkerwold († 1949)
• Abraham Solomon, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia († 1957)
• ANGELINA PRUDENTIA DE JAEGER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1871)
• Anna Maria Kieft, Haarlemmermeer
• Albertus van der Meij, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Aaltje Alberts Visscher, Steenwijkerwold († 1949)
• Adriana Gelderblom, Streefkerk († 1954)
• Alida van Eijk, Gouda († 1950)
• Anna Maria Mol, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)

• Aalt Dooijeweerd (52), Tonsel gem. Harderwijk
• Aalt Dooijeweerd (52), Harderwijk (Tonsel)
• Aartje Nijeboer (83), Harderwijk
• (l.l.) Post (0), Harlingen
• Anna Catharina HOUTMORTELS (70), Maasniel, Roermond, 3057, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Voort (31), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Antje Zijp (9), Akersloot,Gemeente Castricum,North Holland,Nederland
• Aleida de Vries (78), Harderwijk
• Adriana Boone (35), Goes
• Alida van den Berg (1), Hof van Delft

• 1870 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia († 1942)
• 1872 » Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1973)
• 1874 » Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author († 1958)
• 1875 » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician († 1949)
• 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
• 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)

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 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
• May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
• 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).
• September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

The temperature on January 16, 1871 was about 2.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.