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• Snieder, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Alexander van den Bos, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Adriana PAAIJMANS, Waardhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adriana catharina SIMONS, nieuw-beijerland († 1871)
• Albert Gerrit Kieboom, Maastricht († 1954)
• Adrianus Visser, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1944)
• Adriana Paaijmans, Emmikhoven
• Amerensjen Bastiani, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Akke Wierda, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alzona Phillips, Hot Spring, Arkansas († 1903)

• Ariaantje van Veen (48), Bergschenhoek
• Adriana de Groot (38), Gorinchem
• Antje Vreugdenhil (8), De Lier, 2678, Nederland
• Aaltje Harms Buter (65), Tynaarlo, gem. Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aglaé Marguerite Josephine Marie HENDRIX (1), Diepenbeek, 3590, Limburg, België
• Aafje Zeilemaker (36), Wognum, Westfriesland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Archibald Todd (81), Limestone, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Stoit (10), Obergum, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltien Buiter (65), Oosterbroek (Eelde)
• Alexander Israels van Coevorden (60), Smilde (Drenthe)

• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
• May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
• July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
• 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 August 8, 1871 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.