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• Aleida Brama, Ambt Delden, 7495, Nederland († 1870)
• Adrianus W.J. Wouters, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Adrianus van Haeren, Weelde (België)
• Adriaan Danielsz. Viergever, Brouwershaven
• Annegie de Vries, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Amos M. Christopher († 1950)
• Aaltje Wolbink, Ambt Hardenberg († 1919)
• Adrianus Robben, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Amelie Maria Hubertina Josephine Ruland, Thorn († 1916)
• Aaltien van Eerde, Urk († 1954)

• Arie van Turnhout (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje den Ouden (0), Waarder
• Anna Maria van Eekelen (53), Etten-Leur
• Adrianus Brokx (54), Delft
• Antonius Beks (1), Mierlo
• Antonie Naaijen (0), Andel
• anna nederveen (9), rotterdam
• Anna Papin de Thevigné (72), Tours, Centre
• Antonie van Os van Abeelen (69), Schoonhoven
• Anna Maria Cornelia Broers (2), Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1859 » Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician († 1906)
• 1860 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author († 1895)
• 1863 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright († 1938)
• 1863 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist († 1945)
• 1864 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist († 1922)
• 1869 » George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1947)
• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior († 1946)
• 1878 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint († 1903)
• 1880 » Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic († 1952)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

The temperature on March 12, 1870 was about 0.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.