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• Anna Elizabeth PRETORIUS
• Adolf Lodewijk Eugene Vrijheer van Fürstenberg-Stammheim Heer van Obsinnich, Slot Obsinnich, Remersdaal, Limburg, Vlaanderen († 1950)
• Alphonsus Petrus VERMEESCH, Sluis († 1870)
• Adriana Petronella Verheijen, Zundert, Noord Brabant († 1942)
• Aafje Oud, Lutjebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Alfred, Franciscus Meert, Moorsel († 1870)
• Veenstra
• Adam van de Ree, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1931)
• Adriana van Doremalen, Oerle († 1954)
• Adolphe de Fürstenberg, Remersdaal, 73109, Belgique († 1950)

• Arie Arijsz Van Duijn (69), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Botman (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie VAN DUIJN (69), Zandvoort
• Amandus Mellebeeck (80), Balen, België
• Albertje Hijbels (24), Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• algonda visser, leeuwarden
• Anna Maria Snoek van der (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria van der Snoek (0), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Kleisen van Heerde (0), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Antje de Groot (0), Akkrum, gem. Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1852 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1932)
• 1854 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist († 1940)
• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)

• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)

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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on July 20, 1870 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.