About the day » Thursday August 17, 1871Calender converter

• Angelica Terclaevers, Lovenjoel Vl.Brabant
• Albert van Raalte, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Barbara Nüsser, Niederzier
• antje cornelia de LIJSTER, ijsselmonde († 1941)
• Anna Jacoba Eikhoff, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus De Block, Gent († 1952)
• Albert Philips van Raalte, Leeuwarden († 1938)
• Alice Eliza Bartlett ***** († 1896)
• Albert van Raalte, Leeuwarden († 1938)
• Antje de Wit, Oudkarspel, Nederland († 1958)

• Anna Pieternella Lambregtse (1), Brouwershaven, Nederland
• Adam Eilderts Kuiken (0), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hagenaars (34), Steenbergen
• Blijdenstein (0), Enschede
• Anna Willemars (67), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje LANGSTRAAT (0)
• Anna Maria van Tuel (66), Weert, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Aart van 't Veld (van 't Veldt, van 't Velt) (32), Hilversum, Nederland
• Adam Kuiken (0), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Eilderts Kuiken (0), St. Annaparochie

• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)

• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)

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.
• February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
• March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• 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.
• October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
• November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

The temperature on August 17, 1871 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.