About the day » Wednesday March 29, 1871Calender converter

• Anne E Northridge, Clonakilty, Cork, Ireland († 1956)
• Adriaantje van der Wel, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Haverkamp, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Petrus Umans, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriaan Sierveld, Colijnsplaat († 1925)
• Albert Haverkamp, Lonneker, Nederland († 1942)
• Antje Spaander, Jisp († 1928)
• Anna Cornelia de Lange, Benschop
• Anna den Boer, Delfhaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Adrianus van der Ploeg, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)

• Adriana van Dijk (69), Amerongen
• Albertus Post (6), Kralingen
• Anna Catharina WILS (62), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Andries KAT (28), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Willems van Dijk (69), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Grootenboer (0), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dekkers (4), Grevenbicht
• Anna Catharina Weijsen (64), Susteren, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Weijsen (64), Susteren
• "Marrigje" Marritje (14), Vinkeveen en Waverveen

• 1863 » Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia († 1943)
• 1867 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager († 1955)
• 1869 » Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar († 1943)
• 1869 » Sir Edwin Lutyens, British architect († 1944)
• 1870 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain († 1904)
• 1871 » Tom Hayward, English cricketer († 1939)
• 1872 » Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia († 1953)
• 1873 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Jewish-Italian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1874 » Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States († 1944)
• 1876 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player († 1908)

• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)

• 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 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
• 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?".
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on March 29, 1871 was about 1.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.