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Born on Wednesday October 12, 1870
- Anna Cornelia Bussink, Amsterdam
- Adriana Boot, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
- Andries de Jonge, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1878)
- "Ludovic" Gabriel Octave de Guillebon, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime, France († 1946)
- Allegonda Johanna Hendrika Helena van de Braak, Maasdriel
- Aart van Maastrigt, Zoelen († 1943)
- Aleida Snijders, Vossebelt (Dalen) († 1956)
- Aeilke Gerrits TAKENS, Oterdum (Delfzijl) Groningen Netherlands († 1870)
- Abe Oeges Hiddema († 1903)
- Amalia Therese Anna Naegelé, Nijmegen († 1870)
Died on Wednesday October 12, 1870
- Alida Verkleij (79), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Adriana van EERSEL (49), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna van DORST (76), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
- Alida Verkleij (79), IJsselstein
- Alphonse Matthieu Joseph Leon Crooij (33), Brügge Westflanderen Belgien
- Adriana van Reyn (83), Rotterdam SH
- AlmaAlmira Hills (63), Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, Verenigde Staten
- van der Wijk (0), Surhuisterveen
- Aafje Klaasdr Harder (Houter) (50), Hoorn
- Barbara VALCKE, Lichtervelde,8810,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 12, 1870 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Koloniaal nieuwsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on October 12
- 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
- 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
- 1865 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
- 1866 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1937)
- 1868 » August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi († 1951)
- 1868 » Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines († 1914)
- 1872 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator († 1958)
- 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
- 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)
- 1878 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower († 1956)
Died on October 12
- 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
- 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
- 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
- 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
- 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
- 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
- 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
- 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
- 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
- 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
Names that were popular for boys in 1870
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Klaas
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1870
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Wilhelmina
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Jacoba
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1870
- 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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
- February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
- March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
- August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
- September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
- October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
Weather October 12, 1870
The temperature on October 12, 1870 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.