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• Anna Maria Moors, Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
• Aaltje Former, Den Helder
• Anna Jacoba Suermondt, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Anthonetta Lijdia van Vessem, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1871)
• Antonia van Ginkel, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Maria Moors, Geleen
• Anna Jacoba Suermondt, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Former, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Jacoba Suermondt, Rotterdam († 1966)
• Aafje Dangermond, Enkhuizen († 1892)

• Adriana Joanna van den BOOGAART (78), Brielle,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• agnes verhaegh (80), venray
• Antje Veenekamp (16), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alfred Willem Lodewijk Graaf van Solms-Sonnenwalde-Pouch (59), Berlijn
• Antonius Hendrikus Croonen (2), Ewijk
• Anna Theunissen (84), Duiven
• Arend Bos (7), Kolderveen
• ( Joannes)Hendrik (Hendrikus) (Henricus) Eijkelenkamp (69), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josina Van Molle (70), Kobbegem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Kronenburg, Vleuten

• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)
• 1865 » Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS († 1951)
• 1868 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1872 » Zane Grey, American author († 1939)
• 1881 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)

• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• 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.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on January 31, 1870 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.