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• Andries Remmerswaal, Wateringen († 1872)
• Pater, Leersum, Nederland († 1871)
• Albertus Jacobus Sörensen, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Alberdina Hendriks de Groot, Heerde († 1920)
• Alphonse Beauprez, Woumen († 1871)
• Alida Verhaar, Rijnsburg († 1872)
• Albertje Dieters, Peelo
• Adrianus Kleppe, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Alida Francina Schreurs, Velsen († 1873)
• Alberdina de Groot, Heerde, Nederland († 1920)

• Beert Jacobse (74), De Bilt
• Adriana, Maria Godschalk (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Gustave" Eutrope Alexandre du Breuil de Théon de Châteaubardon
• Annigje Adrianusdr. Peek (78), Sliedrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Annigje Thomas (33), Hollandscheveld
• Arent Bakker (51), Godlinze, Bierum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Kuttschreutter (1), Covik, Steenderen
• Beert Jacobs (74), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alphonse Beauprez (0), Woumen
• Annigje Peek (78), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

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.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
• March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• 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 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• 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 28, 1871 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.