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Died on Monday August 14, 1871
- Abraham Siese (0), Nieuwerkerk Zeeland Nederland
- Aart Abrahams Van PROOIJEN (73), Heinenoord
- Albert Alberts Kloezen (72), Dieverveld (Diever)
- Adrianus Stephanus van der Loeff (63), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
- aimée marie thérèse FLAMME (1), Wasmuël (Belgium) Hainaut
- Adam de Jong (0), Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aart Abrahams van PROOIJEN (73), Heinenoord
- Alida Reina Antonia Bonnouvrié (54), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aart Abrahamsz van Prooijen (73), Heinenoord
- Albertus Wijnbergen (0), Vaassen (Gem.Epe)
Born on August 14
- 1863 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author († 1940)
- 1865 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic († 1952)
- 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
- 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
- 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)
- 1870 » Nelson McDowell, American actor († 1947)
- 1871 » Guangxu Emperor of China († 1908)
- 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
- 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
- 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)
Died on August 14
- 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
- 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
- 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
- 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
- 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
- 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
- 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
- 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
- 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
- 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
Names that were popular for boys in 1871
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1871
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1871
- 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 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- 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.
- July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
- July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
- October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
- 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 weather on Monday August 14, 1871
The temperature on August 14, 1871 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI