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• Aantje Cornelia Verstoep (Verstoet), Mijdrecht († 1926)
• Anna Henrike Christine Margarete Fröhling († 1936)
• Anna Elisabeth Visser, Bergen op Zoom († 1871)
• Aaltje Pietje Kornet, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)
• (w) Homburg, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Arie Moerman, Hillegersberg
• Adrianus Moerman, Hillegersberg († 1950)
• , brouwershaven († 1880)
• Albert Jacobs Stam, Wanneperveen († 1952)
• Alfredo Penteado, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1931)

• Antje Groot (26), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien van der Veen (2), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Van den Bergh (0), Doel
• Aaltje de JONGE (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antoon Schreuder (54), Avereest
• Annechien van der Veen (2), Finsterwolde
• Anastasio Carrillo de Albornoz Markgraaf van Casa (37), Madrid
• Betjen Kettelarij (68), Zutphen
• Antoon Schreuder (54), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Maria van de Vorst (51), Rosmalen

• 1860 » Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary († 1927)
• 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)
• 1881 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress († 1959)
• 1882 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine († 1904)

• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)

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 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
• September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
• 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 17, 1871 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.