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• Adrianus Vos, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1941)
• Aagje van 't Wout, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Akke Smits, Wymbritseradeel († 1871)
• Alida Krul, Den Helder
• Albertus van Hal, Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1944)
• van Ingen, Rheden († 1871)
• Adrianus Somers, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana van der Sterren, Berkel-Enschot
• * Ignatius van de Wouw, Loon op zand
• Albertus van Hal, Amerongen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utr, NL († 1944)

• Anna Kuper (58), Neusustrum
• Anna Margaretha Evers (0), Niederlangen, Lathen
• Anna Konink (51), Twekkelo, Lonneker
• Adriaantje Dingemans (57), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Makop (0), Lexmond,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Clarisse (18), Rotterdam
• aaltje zilver (zulver) (66), beets
• Aart Schouten (0), Aalsmeer
• Adrianus van Schip (0), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ambrosius Berendsen (73), Zevenaar

• 1857 » A. P. Lucas, English cricketer († 1923)
• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

• 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 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
• October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".

The temperature on February 20, 1871 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.