About the day » Tuesday January 11, 1870Calender converter

• (w) Pöppel, Schüllar, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Andries Joosten Scharloo, Leiderdorp
• Adriana Jacomina Mak, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Anna Hilbrands, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1872)
• (w) Roth, Volkholz, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aleida Willemina Mol, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• (2) Hendrika Uijtdeboogaardt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Maria Frederique Sieba, Amsterdam († 1905)
• Aaltje Riezebosch, IJsselmuiden, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1952)
• Aleida Petronella Sotthewes, Arnhem, Nederland († 1939)

• Aaltje Schreuders (30), Nederhemert
• Anna Gesina Borcherds b5 (75)
• Angenieta Maria Lampe (3), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aegideus Korswagen (79), Voorhout
• Agnes Dorrestien (of Dorrestijn) (27), Oudenrijn
• Sjoukje Klazes Bijlsma (80), Wommels
• 'Hannah' Johanna Gosen (14), MO, St. Martins Cath Cem, Starkenburg, Montgomery co. MO
• Aaltien Jans Schonewille (79), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Schreuders (30), Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Zonderland (70), westzaan

• 1864 » Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician († 1946)
• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)

• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)

• 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.
• 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.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

The temperature on January 11, 1870 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.