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• Adriana van Leeuwen, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Adrianus de Rijk, Nieuwer Amstel († 1949)
• Alfred George Evans, Wandsworth, London. England († 1953)
• Adrianus Klazinus Kaptein, Kralingen
• Aleida Arends, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Birrell Simpson, 1871/B13256 Annie Birrell Simpson John Mary Ann Ballantyne († 1891)
• Berendje Pruim, Oldebroek (Gelderland) († 1932)
• Aagje Dirkson, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1931)
• Antje Renses Visbeek, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1900)
• Annechina Carolina Kreutzelman, Borger, Nederland († 1924)

• Bastiaan in't Veld (25), Heinenoord
• Arnoldus van Bladel (72), Vlijmen
• Anna Maria Michiels (84), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Albertus Wijburg (45), Utrecht
• Aaltje Harmens Grupstra (63), Schoterland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Hartman (77), Klipfontein, Ladismith, Cape Province, South Africa
• Antje Janze de Beer (76), Oostwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphine Rosalie Marie Cauwelier (0), Brugge
• Antonie Straver, Andel
• Aalt Hofland (38), Amersfoort

• 1866 » Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company († 1941)
• 1868 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)

• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)

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 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• 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.
• July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

The temperature on November 8, 1871 was about 9.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.