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• Amelia Van Uffelen († 1949)
• , Brugge († 1944)
• (Stillborn) DE GROOT, Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1870)
• Adriana Cornelia Vonk, Gemeente Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• Agnes de Looijer, Geffen
• Albert Spin, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alida Maria Susanna Hübscher, Veenendaal, Nederland
• Adriaan Wolfert, Hoek († 1918)
• Andrew McKechnie ROSS, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland († 1941)
• Anna Timmermans, Schiedam

• Adriana Johanna Nicolai (0), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Arie Mooiman (51), Delfshaven, Nederland
• Antoinette Wilhelmina Jeannette gravin Bentinck (84), Londen,Greater London,England
• Anna Wensel (75), Elburg
• Anthonie van den Eijkel (54), Rijnsburg
• Anthonij Riebeek (74), Leiden
• Aaltje Luitzens (1) Veenstra (79), ,, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Krikke (31), Dwarsgracht, Giethoorn, Brederwiede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriana Weterings (80)
• Antoine Richoux (73), Cerfontaine, Namur, Belgium

• 1855 » John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist († 1936)
• 1862 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic († 1943)
• 1862 » Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer († 1918)
• 1872 » Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament († 1957)
• 1872 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1878 » Rutland Boughton, English composer († 1960)
• 1880 » Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician († 1967)
• 1889 » Claribel Kendall, American mathematician (d.1965)

• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)

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. Albert

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.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on January 23, 1870 was about 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.