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• Agatha Helena van der Ham, Amersfoort († 1941)
• Amy E. Umstead METZ
• Annaatje Meliono, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Andries Steenbergen († 1908)
• (Stillbirth) POLL, Visvliet, Grijpskerk († 1870)
• Antje van der Pers, Oostwold (w.k) († 1951)
• aart abraham den HOED, oud-beijerland († 1922)
• Anthonius Petrus De Rooij, Bloemendaal Noord-Holland Nederland († 1936)
• Albert van Dijk, Kampen († 1873)
• Anna Johanna Niemeijer, Erve Nijemeijer, Lettele

• Anna Maria de Kievit (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• militair Adolphus Pruijn (62), Bemmel
• albert joseph Hebrant (53), Jauche, 1350
• Adriaantje Kivit (36), Wijk en Aalburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia MENTING (73), Herwen en Aerdt
• Augustin (Augustinus) Nijsse (76), Driewegen
• Bernardus Vrenegoor (39), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Nijhuis (67), Enschede
• Adriana (Andrijntje, Adrina) Zoutman (65), Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de BORST (44), Dordrecht

• 1864 » Israel Zangwill, British author († 1926)
• 1865 » Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist († 1921)
• 1867 » Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author († 1921)
• 1867 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general († 1965)
• 1868 » Felix Hoffmann, German chemist († 1946)
• 1869 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian Mystic († 1916)
• 1871 » Olga Preobrajenska, Russian ballerina († 1962)
• 1873 » Arturo Labriola, Italian revolutionary syndicalist († 1959)
• 1874 » René-Louis Baire, French mathematician († 1932)
• 1875 » Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist († 1964)

• 1823 » Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)
• 1831 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (b. 1781)
• 1851 » Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801)
• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)

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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on January 21, 1870 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.