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• Anna Leliveld, Westervoort, Nederland († 1921)
• Aloijsius de Vliegher, Koewacht († 1871)
• Aleida Kettwig, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1893)
• Adrianus van Dijk, Veghel († 1963)
• Anna Lelivelt, Westervoort († 1921)
• Angelina Leyssens, Koersel († 1952)
• Anna Johannesdr. Deelstra, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1906)
• Adrianus van Delft, Drunen († 1870)
• Adrianus van Zee, Herwijnen (Lingewaal), Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Adrianus van Delft, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)

• Anna Catharina Koopmans (64), Haarlem
• Adrianus Plasmans (83), Halsteren
• Adriaan Libbers (Liebers) (Lubers) (69), Biervliet
• ?? Gijze (0), Rotterdam
• Aagtien Hindriks Bolwijn (71), Zeerijp, 't Zandt, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Liebers (69), Biervliet
• Alida Jans Kneuvers (77), Ankeveen
• Anna Clara Wilhelmina Elisabeth Isenbarth (82), Zierikzee
• Alberdina Smit (55), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Makkee (50), Utrecht

• 1857 » A. P. Lucas, English cricketer († 1923)
• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on February 20, 1870 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.