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• Amalie Wilhelmine Spornhauer, Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1941)
• Anna Maria Kloppers, Rotterdam
• Aarnout de Maker, Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland († 1870)
• Adriana Wilbrink, borgercompagnie († 1950)
• Aaltje Boersma, Tietjerksteradeel,Frl
• Aaftje Knikker, Barsingerhorn († 1943)
• Abraham Schreuder, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Matilda, Lillkyrka, Örebro, Zweden
• Adriana Loos, Halsteren
• Adriana Wilbrink, Veendam († 1950)

• Anna Judith BELTJENS (76), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert van der Weide (73), Hoogeveen
• Adriaan Stuurman (47), Kampen
• Anna Maria Cox (35), Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerrits de Groot (65), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hofstra (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertha Petronella Cornelia van der Brugge (0), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Aafke Jans Idema (Iedema) (76), Suameer, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Gerrits de Groot (65), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacobsz. van der Reest (76), Stavenisse (ZL Nederland)

• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)
• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

The temperature on January 3, 1870 was about 6.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.