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• Adriana van der Wiel, Kralingen († 1952)
• Anna Margaretha JACOBS, Stramproy, 6039, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Bruursema, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1873)
• Adrianus Gerardus Cornelisse, Zevenhoven († 1954)
• van Voorst tot Voorst, Tjilatjap (Ned.Ind.) († 1871)
• Abraham Pieter Brittijn, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Andersje Barteldsd Mink, Lemsterland =Lemmer, fr.nld († 1947)
• Anna Margaretha Adriana Lutz, delft († 1871)
• Aimable Marie Virginie BESSELIEVRE, ( Carneville, 50330, Manche, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE
• Anna Bruijn, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Artz (67), Deest, Gelderland, Nederland
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• 'Ida' Marie Adrienne Hubertine GHISELIN de VLIEGHE (34), Saint-Gilles, 21013, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Antonie van Schuppen (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antoinetta Gerhardina Heijdorn (34), Paramaribo,, Suriname
• Anna Catharina Dielens (69), Herenthout, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana Hoogstraten (53), Utrecht
• Abraham Marcus Tal (85), Sneek
• Albert Hoberts (75), Ane
• Antonie van Schuppen (0), Rhenen

• 1861 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian († 1940)
• 1861 » Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde († 1947)
• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
• 1881 » Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1882 » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania († 1965)

• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)

• 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.
• March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 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 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on January 6, 1871 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.