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Born on Sunday November 5, 1871
Died on Sunday November 5, 1871

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 5, 1871 at Delpher


Born on November 5
  • 1855 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician († 1926)
  • 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
  • 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
  • 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
  • 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
  • 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
  • 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
  • 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
  • 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
  • 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)

Died on November 5

Names that were popular for boys in 1871
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1871
  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

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 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
  • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
  • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
  • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
  • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Weather November 5, 1871

The temperature on November 5, 1871 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.

Source: KNMI