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• Aletta Johanna Theodora Brakkee, Utrecht, Nederland († 1912)
• Adriana Pieternella Bouwens, Dinteloord,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Ouwendijk, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van de Streek, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertina Francina Boschveld, Beekhuizen, Beneden-Para, Suriname
• Albert Eilander, Heerde, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1891)
• Andries Adrianus Janknegt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Aletta Johanna Thedora Brakkee, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1912)
• Trijntje Pol, Hoogeveen († 1916)
• Angenietje Verhage, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)

• Aäron VERBOOM (45), Schiedam
• Adriaan Maas (61), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Staal (2), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Maria Fourie (29), Bethlehem, South Africa
• Tammo Bos (0), Siddeburen
• Agathus Corvinus Adrianus BEELAERTS van EMMICHOVEN (61), Arnhem
• Aaltje Kooij (46), Den Helder
• Anje Rozema (17), Wierum
• NN van der Leest (0), Leek
• Anna Catharina Langenbach (77), Beekbergen

• 1865 » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school († 1935)
• 1867 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator († 1915)
• 1868 » Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist († 1889)
• 1868 » Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher († 1941)
• 1869 » Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician († 1952)
• 1872 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player († 1927)
• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)

• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)

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 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
• March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

The temperature on December 24, 1871 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.