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• Aaltje Timmermans, Dalerveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1870)
• Agathe Johanna van Naamen, Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1919)
• Jan Booij, Hoogeveen († 1930)
• Adriana van Loon, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1933)
• Agatha Johanna Van Naamen, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland NL († 1919)
• Adrianus Snijders, Heinenoord († 1949)
• Abraham Cohen de Lara, Amsterdam
• Aaltje den Hartigh, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aafke Kaspers, Grijpskerk, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
• Abram Pardon, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)

• Anne FIGENWALD (57), Emlingen (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Aloisius Henricus SINAEVE, Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Anne PETIT (65), Lessac, 16181, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Angelina Doos (34)
• Adrianus Buermans (72), Essen, België
• * Fredrik van der Plaat (72), Leerdam
• Adrianus Jacobs van Dort (78), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Scheerens (55), Luiksgestel
• adrianus SNEEP (0), mijnsheerenland
• Anna Laurentia Caff (51), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• 1856 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician († 1937)
• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

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.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• 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.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

The temperature on April 12, 1870 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.