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• Anthonius Johannes Gijsbertusz Middelkoop, Utrecht, ut.nld († 1943)
• Ann Turner, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia († 1925)
• Abraham Hennekam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Andries, Parijs († 1946)
• Adrianus den Ridder, Zevenbergen, Gemeente Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1895)
• Adriana Cornelia Sprundel van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Andries Jumelet, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1871)
• (w) Weber, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antje Prins, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1890)
• Aaltje Pasma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• Anje Fokkes Venema (53), Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Berkelaar (3), Rotterdam
• Antje Tulen (35), Hillegom
• Angela Müller (0), Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Adriana Vermeulen (29), Zevenbergen (NL)
• Adrianus Vlimmeren van (78), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anje Harms Drost (67), Onna (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anje Harms Drost (67), Onna, Steenwijkerwold
• Albertus Olijve (60), Sleen
• Aart Tellegen (67), Vaassen, Nederland

• 1867 » Ernest Lewis, British tennis player († 1930)
• 1869 » Albert Roussel, French composer († 1937)
• 1869 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer († 1942)
• 1870 » Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka († 1944)
• 1871 » Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician († 1949)
• 1872 » Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist († 1962)
• 1873 » Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer († 1946)
• 1874 » Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church († 1949)
• 1874 » Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru († 1966)
• 1878 » Albert Champion, French cyclist († 1927)

• 1861 » Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1862 » Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (b. 1803)
• 1865 » Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (b. 1806)
• 1866 » Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Karel Purkyně, Czech painter (b. 1834)
• 1871 » Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (b. 1798)
• 1872 » Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (b. 1812)
• 1873 » Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)

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 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
• 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.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

The temperature on April 5, 1871 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.