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Born on Sunday January 8, 1871
- Janse, Colijnsplaat († 1871)
- Almenia Magdaline Crout, Lexington, South Carolina († 1935)
- Alida Pieterdina Havenga, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
- Aaltje Beaes de Boer, Parrega, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
- Allegonda Roelofs, Bemmel
- Aart van Someren, Nijkerkerveen
- Adriana Jansen, Alphen en Riel († 1872)
- Albert Sydney Gold, Gordonville, Grayson County, Tennessee († 1963)
- Albert James HAMMOND, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England
- Stuivenberg, Veenendaal († 1871)
Died on Sunday January 8, 1871
- Aafje Oskam (0), Jaarsveld
- Adriaan Vos, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alida Stout (64), Lekkerkerk
- Adrianus Molengraaf (77), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Abraham van Gelder (24), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- (81), BLADEL (NL)
- Adriaan Spaans (52), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Horstink (59), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adriana Nederstigt (13), Leimuiden, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham van Gelder (24), Groningen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 8, 1871 at Delpher
Born on January 8
- 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
- 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
- 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
- 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
- 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
- 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
- 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)
- 1873 » Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)
- 1876 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1934)
- 1879 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director († 1948)
Died on January 8
- 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
- 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
- 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
- 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
- 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
- 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
- 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
- 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
- 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
- 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
Names that were popular for boys in 1871
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Wilhelmus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1871
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Elizabeth
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1871
- 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 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
- March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
- October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
- 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 weather on Sunday January 8, 1871
The temperature on January 8, 1871 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI