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• Adrianus Cornelis ZWANG, Dordrecht
• Adriaan Scheele, Terneuzen († 1871)
• Anna Maria Auguste Menz, DEU († 1933)
• Alida van der Lans, Lisse, Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Anna Catharina ♀ Snoeks, Spaarndam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Adrianus Josephus Johannes De Wit, Nieuw-Vossemeer
• Alderts, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1871)
• Albertus Gerardus Frensdorff, Strijen
• Alida Catharina Juch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Andres, Buffalo City, Buffalo, Wisconsin († 1916)

• Camella Embree (69)
• Adrianus van der Heijden (79), heinenoord (zuid holland)
• Anje Jaspers Noordhof (79), Nieuwolda
• Arnolda Cornelia Josina Frederica Verdonk (0), Utrecht
• Adriaantje PADMOS Ldr (79), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Christiaan Frederik Besseling (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolphus Denolf (9), Zwevezele,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrianus Wols (8), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Beijer (0), Heenvliet
• Barbara Herz (0), Niederlahnstein, Lahnstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• 1858 » Arthur Achleitner, German author († 1927)
• 1860 » Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author († 1887)
• 1860 » Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer († 1938)
• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)

• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)

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 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 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
• May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
• December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on August 16, 1871 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.