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• Abigail M. Foster, Mercer County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1883)
• Akke Ykema, Hieslum, Friesland, Nederland († 1871)
• Adriana Maria Voortman, 's-Gravenhage († 1923)
• Adrianus Petrus van Akkerveeken, Gestel
• Attje IJkema, Abbega, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Duyndam, Monster
• Anna ten Cate fr, Smallingerland {FR} (gemeente) († 1871)
• Abraham Sander de Vries, Delft († 1873)
• Ammerentia Benard
• Alida Cornelia Elisabeth van Rede, Kralingen († 1952)

• Alpha Russell (80)
• Jan Hendriks Thijs (51), Beilen
• Ann Hancock (66), Payson, Utah, Utah, United States
• Aaltje Dijk, van, Amsterdam Nhl. NL
• Aaltje van der Waal (0), Groote Lindt
• Berend van de Weerd (1), Kampen, Nederland
• Anthonie Arbouw (0), Leiden
• Arent VAN DER VEEN (50), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonie van Geenhuizen (0), Veenendaal Wijk A.256
• Antonio José de Camargo e Moura (95), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1860 » Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado († 1925)
• 1860 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia († 1922)
• 1863 » Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general († 1919)
• 1866 » Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer († 1938)
• 1866 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator († 1943)
• 1867 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer († 1951)
• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)

• 1818 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)

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 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 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
• 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.
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
• December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

The temperature on July 28, 1871 was about 15.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.