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• Adrianus Paulus van der Wegen, Tilburg
• Adriana ZANDEE, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriaan Vonk, Hoogblokland, Nederland († 1951)
• Anna Van der Kolk, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriana Lagerwaard, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Röper, Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1871)
• Albertus van Zeist, Beekbergen
• Adrianus Paulus van der Weegen-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Elizabet Geers, Halsteren († 1872)
• Anna Eleonora Zwager, Amsterdam († 1872)

• Aaltien Harms Goedkoop (68), Zandvoort, Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antonia Jacobs van Kampen (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apollonia Maria van Bregt (0), Veur
• Adrianus Leksmond (0), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Hassel (39), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Antonius van Bregt (0), Veur
• Aloysius de Vliegher (0), Koewacht
• Anke Lycklama à Nijeholt (32), Franeker,Gemeente Franekeradeel,Friesland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Peters (40), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Röper (0), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1850 » Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist († 1922)
• 1851 » Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs († 1912)
• 1856 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic († 1926)
• 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
• 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
• 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)
• 1883 » Sax Rohmer, English-American author († 1959)
• 1890 » Robert Ley, German politician († 1945)

• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)

• 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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
• January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
• April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

The temperature on February 15, 1871 was about 5.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.