About the day » Saturday March 18, 1871Calender converter

• Alexander Bernardus Hulsthoff, Semarang, Java, NOI
• Alexander Van Camp, Reet, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1872)
• Antina Ratgers (Rutgers), Nieuw-Buinen (Borger)
• Alida Francisca Collier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Spelde, Oude Pekela
• Anna Alberts Snijder, Zwolle († 1872)
• Anna Elisabeth Janssens, Baarle-Nassau († 1886)
• Anna Maria Kester, Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Adrianus Schenkels, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Antina Ratgers, Nieuw-Buinen, Nederland

• Adriana de Priester (76), vlissingen
• Andries Klaassen Mostert (67), Nijkerk
• Aleida Jacoba Riksma (0), Ter Idzard (Weststellingwerf)
• Albert Hendrikszn Joosten (78), Wildervank
• Abraham Johannis Louweret (0), Cadzand
• Alexander Kentie (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Sire (31), Rotterdam
• Aagje Donker (42), Wormerveer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Klaass MOSTERD, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Veldman (47), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)

• 1858 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine († 1913)
• 1862 » Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter († 1915)
• 1863 » William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York († 1941)
• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

• 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.
• March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
• 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 March 18, 1871 was about 6.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.