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• Adrianus Hamers, Goirle († 1955)
• Angeline Wuyts, Berchem, België
• antje pietersd volkers, callantsoog
• Anna Philipson, Avereest
• Adriana Cornelia Wijngaards, Princenhage († 1915)
• Alijda Rozina Blok, Amersfoort († 1923)
• Adrianus Hamers, Goirle († 1955)
• Anna Maria van der Valk, Naaldwijk († 1871)
• Anthonius Johannes Huibers, Megen, Haren en Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Maria Vehlen, Drove, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• Adrianus van Harrewijnen (2), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Harrewijn van (2), Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Franciscus Somers (18)
• Antje van der Ham (37), Rijswijk, Z.H
• Antje van der Ham (37), Rijswijk
• Alida Vellekoop (0), Hillegersberg
• Anna Bart (57), Opperdoes
• Anna Catharina Meuvis (66), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Adriaan_Henricus de Bruine (62), Arnhem
• Adriana Christina Muller (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec († 1942)
• 1861 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright († 1928)
• 1863 » Wallace Bryant, American archer († 1953)
• 1865 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright († 1932)
• 1873 » Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer († 1913)
• 1875 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month († 1950)
• 1875 » Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician († 1962)
• 1875 » Mileva Marić, Serbian physicist († 1948)
• 1876 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author († 1961)
• 1884 » Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic († 1957)

• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)

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. Petronella

• 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.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• 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.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on December 19, 1870 was about 8.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.