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• Alfred Maria Fortune Frans Cesar Graaf van Oberndorf, Edingen, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg († 1963)
• Aaltje Crielaard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltje Crielaard, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Adrianus Dankers, Boxtel († 1949)
• Anna Phillips Cochran, New York, United States († 1943)
• Andreas Donders, Tilburg († 1871)
• Anna Catharina Jeukens, Eijsden, LI, Netherlands († 1926)
• Albert Joseph Haggeney, Minden,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Anna Tas, Pijnacker († 1941)
• Alfred von Oberndorff, Edingen († 1963)

• Aaltjen Evers Wepse (77), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander Fyfe* (5), Dykehead, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Alida Berendina van der Werff (67), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Evers van Ommen (77), Kampen, Nederland
• Anton von Etzel (49), Berlin, Germany
• Antoine Lemaire (48), Merville, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Anna Maria Stellaard (70), Geldermalsen
• Antje Cornelisdr Wester (69), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Mertens (74), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gijsbertse Stellaard (70), Geldermalsen

• 1861 » Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist († 1929)
• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• 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 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

The temperature on December 9, 1870 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.