About the day » Monday January 24, 1870Calender converter

• Adrianus van Grinsven, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Ceelen, Delfshaven
• Aaltje Brom, Barneveld-Essen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1879)
• Adriaan van Esch, Hedikhuizen († 1957)
• Adriana Johanna Berends, Sibculo († 1934)
• aaltje hendrika den HARTIGH, oud-beijerland
• Albert Jans Veenstra († 1885)
• Afien Tebbenhof, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde) († 1939)
• Albert Rhem, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Willemina Ceelen, Delfshaven († 1950)

• Apolonia Maria Koster (1), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje ten Wolde (73), Steenwijk, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna EMBREGTS (29), Etten en Leur
• Albertus Oosterveer (0), Wassenaar
• Antje Paarlberg (0), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Crombez (66), Woumen West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje ten Wolde (73), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Vonk (0), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus (Andries) Beijersbergen van Henegouwen (91), Den Haag, Nederland
• Aaltje Luitjens VEENSTRA (79), Haulerwyk,,PAYS BAS

• 1864 » Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy († 1935)
• 1864 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist († 1936)
• 1866 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1920)
• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)
• 1872 » Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter († 1943)
• 1872 » Morris Travers, English chemist and academic († 1961)
• 1872 » Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic († 1928)
• 1873 » Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer († 1942)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on January 24, 1870 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.