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• Albertus Hendrik ter Veen, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Albert Koolma, Wetsinge († 1969)
• Aagje Elisabeth Jolen, Den Helder,Den Helder,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Aletta Eremina Baert, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1951)
• Aaltje van Ingen, Opheusden († 1896)
• * Geertrui van Lankvelt, Erp († 1942)
• Adrianus Lourusse van Paassen, Zaamslag
• Anna Maria Fischer, Kerkrade (L († 1944)
• Anna Eugenie Neijens, Heel en Panheel († 1947)
• Aaltje van Ingen, Opheusden († 1896)

• n.n. van Driel (0), Kinderdijk
• Berentje Jans Redeker (49), Stootshorn, Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaldert Vuurens (0), Rotterdam, Netherlands
• +Catharina Petronella Johanna van der Lubbe (1), Den Haag
• Bernardus Leonardus van DONGEN (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Neletta Terwogt (27), Batavia, Indonesië
• Adriana de BRUIJN (1), Dubbeldam
• Cornelia Bosch (64), Breda
• Bernardus Leonardus Dongen van (0), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltien Tissing (73), Ansen (Ruinen)

• 1854 » William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade († 1914)
• 1858 » Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania († 1935)
• 1858 » Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan († 1936)
• 1858 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1865 » Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic († 1958)
• 1868 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland († 1928)
• 1877 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire († 1943)
• 1877 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic († 1949)
• 1884 » Shirō Takasu, Japanese admiral († 1944)
• 1885 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter († 1948)

• 1812 » Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
• 1816 » Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761)
• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on October 27, 1870 was about 10.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.