About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1870Calender converter

• * Marinus (1) Edel, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1872)
• Adriana Meijaard, s Gravenpolder († 1871)
• Aankje Boersma, Wijnjeterp, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Van LEEUWERDEN, Dordrecht († 1874)
• "Richard Martyn"n Haryett de Béchevet, Paris († 1932)
• Adriana Pieternella Daleboudt, Goes († 1874)
• Aaltje Stam, Hollandscheveld († 1882)
• Anna Elisabeth Viëtor, Winschoten
• Albert Frederik Raket, Batavia(indonesie) († 1940)
• Alida van der Ent, Rhoon

• Antje Sietzes LEENSTRA (31), Doniawerstal(Friesland)
• Aaldert van Gruijthuijsen (52)
• Antje Folkerts Klazinga (62), Niebert, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Barend Bolder (73), Harderwijk
• Aagje Blom (6), Broek op L'dijk
• Amélie Joseph VERDOUCK (74), Herlies, 59303, Nord, Nord, France
• Casper Lambert Peters (72), Emmen
• Carolus Hubertus Sirre (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Franciscus Vera (0), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Herweijer (44)

• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 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).
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

The temperature on May 11, 1870 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.