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• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Tuijn, Schiedam,- († 1871)
• Adriana Philippina de Blok, Hulst († 1935)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Josephus van der Tuijn, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Tuijn, schiedam († 1872)
• Adriana Nicolai, Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Elizabeth Willigers, Steenbergen († 1937)
• Aaltje de Vries, Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1955)
• Agatha Elisabeth van Heiningen, Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Aaltje Meijer, Ten Boer († 1958)
• Adrianus Floren, Princenhage,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)

• Abel Bakker (29), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Noordhoek (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Boutkan (60), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• AINSWORTH HARRISON (107), Wilson, Tennessee, United States
• Adriana TUIT (44), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adrianus Boutkan (60), Nieuwenhoorn
• Anna Geertruida VREEDEVELT (0), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• angenitha bleijenberg (0), culemborg
• Alida Wezelenburg (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Adrianus Musters (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1866 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

• 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.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
• 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 February 1, 1871 was about 0.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.