About the day » Friday January 6, 1871Calender converter

• Anna Maria Canyac, Molles, FR-03 Allier, FR-C († 1959)
• Anna Margaretha Adriana Lutz, Delft, ZH, Nederland († 1871)
• Abraham Brittijn, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana van der Wiel, Kralingen († 1952)
• Aafke Annes de Vries, Tietjerk
• Aaltje Bruursema, Dwingeloo († 1873)
• Anna Margaretha Adriana Lutz, delft († 1871)
• Abraham Pieter Brittijn, Leiden († 1945)
• Adriana GELDERBLOM, Streefkerk
• Anna Rietberg, Zwollerkerspel

• Adrianus Bastiaansz BARENDREGT (66), 's-Gravendeel
• Antonie van Schuppen (0), Rhenen
• Anna de Graaf (38), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dielens (69), Herenthout, Antwerpen, België
• Antonij Marinus Blok, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Trijntje Jans Doddema (76), Beneden Veensloot, Meeden
• Albert Hobers (75), Ane (Gramsbergen)
• Anthonetta van HORRICK (72), Asten, 3287, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annegien van Dijken (32), Groningen
• Alexander Hertzdahl (59), Heerlen

• 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)

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 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• 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.
• 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?".

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%.