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• Aaltien (Alice) Strijks (Stryks), Gees, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Albertus Johannes (Klein) Mentink, Warnsveld (Zutphen) († 1937)
• Abel van Winkoop, Putten († 1939)
• Alida Nagel, Den Haag († 1945)
• Albert Verkuijlen, Soest
• Aart Hooijer, Ermelo († 1954)
• Adriaan Dekker, Egmond aan den Hoef († 1955)
• Kienhuis, Rijssen († 1870)
• Abel van Winkoop, Putten († 1939)
• Aaltje Roelofs Velthuis, Harkstede († 1913)

• Bernardina Könning (69), Gendringen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Udenhout (37), Vlijmen
• Albert Jan Hietbrink (76), Gorssel //
• Adriana Catharina Keij (57), Oudenbosch
• Arie Romeijn (9), BERKEL EN RODENRIJS (Lansingerland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Huibregtse (3), Nijverdal
• van Meel (0), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria van Stiphout, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Doornwaard (0), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Christina Briool (0), Waspik

• 1854 » Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell († 1934)
• 1856 » Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist († 1931)
• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on January 18, 1870 was about 0.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.