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• Adolphe Judas Caron, Arnhem
• Allegonda Tommesen, Kessel, Duitsland († 1950)
• Adriaan-hubert van Erp, Oss († 1873)
• Aart Jan Van Dam, Harderwijk,Gelderland,Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana van Helmondt, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1873)
• Alphonse MANSION, Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1873)
• Aaltje van den Heuvel, Amersfoort († 1960)
• Adriana Fransina Boers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Alfred Emil Max Schook († 1873)
• Andries Marcuszn. van der Meer, Langezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)

• Annechien Everts SCHERPHUIS (0), Weiwerd, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Hollebrandse (41), Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL
• Bernardus van der Ploeg (0), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Adriaanse Dis van (51), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Stijkel (3), Wildervank
• Apolonia Maas (76), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Oost Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, PAYS-BAS
• Bernardus LUBBERS (30), Wehl,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Célestin Alexandre Bienvenu (4), Ligugé, 86133, France
• Antje Annesd Miedema (0), Minnertsga, fr.nld
• Apolonia Maas (77), Graauw en Langendam

• 1862 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician († 1916)
• 1863 » Alfred Perot, French physicist and academic († 1925)
• 1866 » Harry Staley, American baseball player († 1910)
• 1871 » Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager († 1943)
• 1875 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and conductor († 1910)
• 1876 » Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary († 1940)
• 1877 » Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile († 1960)
• 1878 » Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic singer and activist († 1952)
• 1882 » Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer († 1956)
• 1884 » Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1968)

• 1850 » William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
• 1858 » Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)
• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
• December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.