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• * Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Lieshout († 1952)
• Albertus van Eck, Wijchen († 1944)
• Adrianus Raaijmakers, Raamsdonkveer,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1937)
• Adriana Visser, Alblasserdam († 1931)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Ceelen, Delfshaven
• Naaktgeboren, dubbeldam (zuid holland)
• Albert Rhem, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)
• Albert Janz Veenstra, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1885)
• "Madeleine" Marie Isabelle Dubois de Courval, Paris († 1944)
• Adriaan van Esch, Hedikhuizen († 1957)

• Aaltje ten Wolde (73), Steenwijk
• Aaltien ten Wolde (72), Steenwijk
• Anje Kornelis van der Wal (71), Leegkerk
• Anna Theresia Cogghe (30), Mariakerke
• Aaltje ten Wolde (73), Steenwijk, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Loon (51), Wortel, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Bart Visch (1), (GL) Epe
• Antje Paarlberg (0), Warmenhuizen
• Aaltien ten Wolde (72), Steenwijk
• Anna Angela Gels, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1864 » Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy († 1935)
• 1864 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist († 1936)
• 1866 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1920)
• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)
• 1872 » Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter († 1943)
• 1872 » Morris Travers, English chemist and academic († 1961)
• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Neeltje
12. Trijntje
13. Grietje
14. Antje
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).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on January 24, 1870 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.