About the day » Sunday May 14, 1871Calender converter

• Amelia De Want, Kieldrecht
• Afra Hof, Nieuwe Niedorp († 1912)
• Aart Schut Westerveld, Barneveld († 1938)
• Adriana Elisabeth Kos, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsius van den Brand, Tilburg, Nederland († 1964)
• Angela Heller, Onstwedde († 1919)
• Abraham Stoutmeijer, Zoutkamp, Groningen, Nederland († 1936)
• Albert George Simpson, Cawood, Pontiac Co., Quebec
• Savonije, Vriezenveen († 1871)
• "Yves" Marie Edme Chevallier-Chantepie, Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 1952)

• Andries Fijan (36), Haarlemmermeer
• Adriaan Jacobus Klinkenberg (0), Loosduinen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Docter, Dalen
• Albertus van Asselt (37)
• Aaltje Roels Zijlstra (60), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham SPANJAARD (37), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia 't Hart (1), Moerkapelle,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Albertus Knijff (49), Woerden, Nederland
• Savonije (0), Vriezenveen
• Anna Cornelia Verbessem (75), Doel,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1863 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal († 1932)
• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)

• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

• 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 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
• March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• 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.
• June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on May 14, 1871 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.