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• Amelia Vyvey, Westkerke († 1954)
• Alida Catharina Alberts, Amsterdam († 1906)
• Anna Geertruida van den Bergh, Delfshaven († 1921)
• Anna Wapenaar, Schiedam († 1905)
• Albert Constantijn Baron van der Feltz, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Albertus Constant Feltz, van der, Assen († 1952)
• Anna Maria Rosalia Devries, Wellen, België († 1949)
• Albertus Constant baron van der Feltz, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1952)
• Aart Kok, Harderwijk († 1872)
• Adrianus Kornet, Hasselt, Nederland († 1941)

• Andries van Weenen (51), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• * Maria Johanna van Leeuwen (0), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aalbert (Albert) van LOHUIZEN (57), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalbert (Albert) van Lohuizen (57), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius de BEUKELAER (0), Zandvliet (Belgie)
• Anna Cornelia Adrians (68), Middelbeers, Nederland
• Ana Francisca Nogueira, Jacareí, São Paulo, Brasil
• Mosterdijk (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Habets (57), Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Prins (26), Ransdorp

• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)
• 1879 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator († 1955)
• 1882 » Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel († 1945)
• 1883 » Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer († 1963)
• 1883 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler († 1950)

• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)

• 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.
• June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 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).
• October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

The temperature on October 2, 1871 was about 10.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.