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• Antje Hartogs van der Klei, Nijeholtwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van de Schootbrugge, Kampen († 1876)
• Alexander Trijtel, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Antonia Petronella Jacoba Meijer, Grave, Brabant, Netherlands († 1871)
• Albert de Wild, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1938)
• Adrianus Boendermaker, Den Helder
• Albertje Mannes, Helpman, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Elisabeth van Schijndel, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Boedermaker, Den Helder
• Adrianus Nicolaas Borsboom, Vlaardingen

• Aagje Slingerland (2), Haarlemmermeer
• de Bock (0), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Harm Luitensz Snijder (87), Zwartsluis
• Adriana Jansen (64), Alphen en Riel
• Adriaan van Iersel (22), Tilburg
• Adrianus Cornelis Kroes (0), Waddinxveen
• Adolf Schinkel (43), Grafhorst, Nederland
• Aaltje Elbersen van Donkersgoed (20), Nijkerk
• Adriaan Martens (84), Baarle-Nassau, Nederland
• Aaltje van Veldhuijzen (81), Abcoude Baambrugge

• 1858 » Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch († 1939)
• 1872 » Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer († 1917)
• 1878 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer († 1945)
• 1879 » Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist († 1958)
• 1883 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village († 1978)
• 1883 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician († 1966)
• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1888 » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator († 1947)

• 1808 » Richard Hurd, English bishop (b. 1720)
• 1811 » Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1742)
• 1831 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
• 1843 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1849 » Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
• March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 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 May 28, 1871 was about 25.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 35%.