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• Andrieas Jacobus Tönis, Enschede († 1872)
• Abeltje Jacobus Meijer, Oldehove († 1945)
• Anna Lokerman, Schoten, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Allegonda Verra, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Coenen, Heel († 1955)
• Andries Jacobus Tönis, Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 1872)
• Smallegang, Zaamslag Nederland
• Abeltje Jacobus Meijer, Oldehove († 1964)
• Anna Jacoba (Coba) Scalongne, Amsterdam († 1954)
• Adam Adrianus Mosmans- († 1872)

• Anna Willemina Heijdacker (2), Rotterdam
• Daas, Willemstad
• Anna Barbara Sijstermans (49), Heerlen, LI, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jacobus Roodvoets (0), Voorschoten
• Anthonie van der Linden (33), Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van der Veeke (81), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Alexander Constantina Kouwenberg (49), Leiden
• Anna Robinett (83), Athens County, Ohio
• Adriana van der Veeken (81), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adriana van der Veeke (81), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)
• 1874 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1875 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1922)
• 1875 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea († 1965)
• 1876 » Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor († 1948)
• 1876 » William of Wied, prince of Albania († 1945)
• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)

• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)

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.
• March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• 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.
• May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
• July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
• 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).

The temperature on March 26, 1871 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.