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• Adriana Verhoef, Benschop († 1942)
• Aaltje Gerrits Ravensbergen, Haarlemmermeer
• Abraham Abrahamsz Wielinga, Sneek, wymbritseradeel.fr.nld († 1870)
• Adrianus LANGEWEG, Ooltgensplaat, ZH, Nederland († 1947)
• Albert Jacob Krijnen, Amsterdam († 1870)
• Adrianus Jacobus van der Drift, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna DuMez, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Alfred Julius Oosterling, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1921)
• Aaltje Bettenbroek, Meeden gemeente Menterwolde Groningen († 1945)
• Adolf Corneel DEJONCKHEERE, Passendale († 1950)

• Adriana Cornelia van Nies (25), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Aldert van der Velde (0), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertje van Nuil (46), Pesse, gemeente Ruinen
• Annigje Vermeulen (65), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Niklaas Lammerts Beuving (34), Roden Drenthe
• Albert de Bie (6), Deventer
• Pieter Kok (34), Roden Drenthe
• Aaltien Borgers (62), Roswinkel (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Marie OTT (9), Berentzwiller (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Juliana Berbera Steggerda (31), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland

• 1861 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales († 1940)
• 1865 » Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist († 1942)
• 1867 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician († 1943)
• 1869 » José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1952)
• 1874 » Edward Harkness, American philanthropist († 1940)
• 1874 » Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach († 1924)
• 1875 » D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1877 » Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1923)
• 1879 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet († 1953)
• 1880 » Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player († 1920)

• 1840 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1850 » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 » Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
• 1892 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

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 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.
• March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.

The temperature on January 22, 1870 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.