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• adriana WEEDA, oud-beijerland († 1870)
• Adam Bastiaan VAN OFFENBEEK, Wageningen, Gemeente Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1924)
• Aafke Talma, Rinsumageest, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Maria Brabander, Wateringen,- († 1926)
• Anna Gertrui VAN ENCKEVORT, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Allardus Willems, Afferden, Druten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Trappenberg, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abraham DE de Leeuwe, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Weggen, Sleen († 1870)
• Aafke Meinderts Talma, Rinsemageest Frl

• Gorel (0), Hilversum
• Anna Cornelia van Gils (76), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertina Willemsdr. Papo (37), Semarang, Java, Indonesia
• Antonius van der Avoort, Baarle-Nassau, Gemeente Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Mechelina Eggenhuizen (1), Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Tonella (0), Groningen
• Adelardus Concordius Van de Walle (0), Merendree
• Weggen (0), Sleen
• AALTJE GAALSWIJK (13), Woubrugge
• Arie ♂ Keur (5), Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)

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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on January 4, 1870 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.