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• Jan de reus, Oud Beijerland
• Anna Wijnolts, Poortugaal († 1891)
• Alida Knaap, Zevenhoven († 1939)
• Aaltje Betzema, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• * Otto Verkerk, Hei-en Boeicop († 1936)
• Alberdina Willemina van Alphen, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1871)
• ?? Schreuders, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Van Alphen, Everdingen († 1871)
• Andreas Leopoldus Boterbergh, Erembodegem
• Adriana Cornelia Arkesteijn († 1940)

• Andre Jacob Bleys (58), Mol, België
• Albert van Bergen (37), (DR) Eelde-Oosterbroek
• Albert van Bergen* (37), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Dekeyser, Kessel-lo
• Aart Everts van de Wal (61), Putten
• Alida Maria de Haas (45), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mildner (70), Neuhof (Kr. Münsterberg), Nowy Dwór (gmina Ziebice, pow. zabkowicki), Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Anna Maria Vleugels (46), Ramsel, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anthonie Johannes Alardus van Wijk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adelheidis* Huesmann (74), Epe

• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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.
• 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 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
• 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).
• October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
• October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
• 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?".

The temperature on May 31, 1871 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.