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• Alexander Wilhelm Kriens, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Tiel, Groningen, 9711, Nederland († 1945)
• Albertje NEDERHOED, Orvelte (Westerbork), Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• "Isabelle" Marie Josèphe Caroline Léopoldine de Meester, Anvers, Belgique († 1954)
• Anna Gerhardina Haer, van der, Smithfield, Oranje-Vrijstaat (S.A.R.) († 1963)
• Adriaan Roelse, Westkapelle
• Alida Anna Jannes, Den Helder, Nederland († 1942)
• Ambrose Mills CARL († 1871)
• Jan Jansen, Harderwijk († 1955)
• Anna Hendrika van Wessel, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)

• Alida Boere (6), Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arnolda van der Flier (1), Amersfoort
• Andreas Hödl (62), Obergrainet (Grainet, Landkrs. Freyung-Grafenau, Reg.-Bez. Niederbayern, Bayern)
• Adriana Kool (0), Rotterdam
• Bastiaan van Leeuwen (62), Alkemade (Kaag en Braassem), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ?? Blonk (0), Waddinxveen
• Barbara van de(r) de(r) De(R) De(R) Pas (83), Heinkenszand
• Akke Smits (0), Wymbritseradeel
• Carl Wilhelm Fransman (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annardus Jacobsz Bakker (0), Bargen, De Waal, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)

• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

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.
• January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
• March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
• November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

The temperature on February 23, 1871 was about 4.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.