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• Aleida Fredrika Krajenveld, Stad Delden († 1960)
• Aaltje Kaptein, Deventer († 1871)
• Amanda Oberfelt, Iowa († 1958)
• Adriaan Francois, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1871)
• Adriana van Gemert, Strijp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1910)
• Westmaas, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Rolfes, Niederlangen, Lathen († 1871)
• Adrianus van Bruggen, Strijen
• Anais Kläring (Klaring), Djokjakarta, Java, Indonesië († 1912)
• Adriaan van den Aardweg, Purmerend

• Aart Cornelis de Groot (0), Haarlem
• Adriaan Jan Willem van Rijckevorsel (2), Dordrecht
• Antje Johannes LOPPERSUM (1), Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Norbertus Hendrickx (56), Broekhuijsen
• Albert Siedses Alma (28), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Welle (65), St Annaland Zeeland
• Anna Lanting (51), Westeremden ( Stedum)
• Adrien Norbert Hendrickx (56), Broekhuizen (Limburg)
• Antje Roelfs Scholts, Veele (Vlagtwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Praas (32), Stad Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1862 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer († 1941)
• 1864 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine († 1918)
• 1871 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1872 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter († 1946)
• 1877 » Roger Quilter, English composer († 1953)
• 1878 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator († 1925)
• 1880 » Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist († 1930)
• 1880 » Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)

• 1814 » Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1744)
• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)

• 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.
• March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on November 1, 1871 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.