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• Anna Catharina de Rijke, Schellingwoude
• Antonia Cornelia Catharina de Lange, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Alphonsus Maria Van den Bergh, Doel († 1871)
• Aleida Willemina Keupers, Lonneker-Driene († 1947)
• Baaij, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adela Maria Heneage
• Adriana van den Eeden, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Maria del Rosario Penny, Willemstad, Curaçao
• Amelius George de Vere Beauclerk († 1918)
• Anna Adriana Lokers, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anneken Storries (57), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Denoo (81), Lichtervelde
• Andreas Meeuwsen (1), Helmond
• Anzolina Harthoorn (1), Waarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Coppens (79), Roosendaal en Nispen, Nederland
• Anna Maria ARTS (66), Beugen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barend Pruijt (75), Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Harms Trip (56), Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Coppens (79), Roosendaal
• Anthonij van Beveren (0), Zierikzee

• 1865 » Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic († 1935)
• 1878 » Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1881 » William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company († 1956)
• 1885 » Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic († 1977)
• 1887 » Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland († 1952)
• 1887 » Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general († 1945)
• 1890 » Stanley Holloway, English actor († 1982)
• 1893 » Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter († 1974)
• 1893 » Ip Man, Chinese martial artist († 1972)
• 1894 » Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic († 1961)

• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 » Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)

• 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.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
• July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
• 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 October 1, 1871 was about 9.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.