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• Adrianus Miltenburg, van, Veldhuizen, Nederland († 1871)
• ?? van der Gaag, Den Haag
• Angelica Suykerbuyk († 1917)
• Pietje Prosje, Minnertsga
• Annigje Teunisdr Middelkoop, Leerdam († 1958)
• Anthonie Biesterbosch, Haskerhorne (Frl) († 1937)
• Aaltje van Steenis, Waardenburg, NL-GE († 1937)
• Adrianus van Miltenburg, Veldhuizen († 1871)
• van der Gaag, Den Haag
• Adrianus van Miltenburg, Veldhuizen († 1871)

• Anna Elisabeth KEMPS (75), Balen
• Antoinetta Adriana van Antwerpen (3), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Bax (38), delft
• Anne Christina Elderenbos (54), Amsterdam
• Anna Jacobs Zwienenpoel (82), Abcoude, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Hanzes van Hettinga (61), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Jong (37), Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pakkert (0), Almelo
• Anthonia van Kampen (75), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aagje Schenk (73), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

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.
• February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
• May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
• June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
• October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".

The temperature on February 22, 1871 was about 7.3 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.