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• Antonet (Antoinetta) van de Poel, Strijp († 1960)
• Antje Jacobs Hoogeboom, Westergeest († 1968)
• Adrianus Lambertus Landa, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Francisca Nijsen, Vlissingen († 1910)
• Antje Kerkvoogd, Zuidwending, gem.Veendam († 1952)
• Alida Sloof, Stolwijk († 1870)
• Antonius Jacobus Beijer, Arnhem († 1870)
• Adrianus Stam, Nw-Lekkerland († 1886)
• Albertus Johannes BRUGGEMAN, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriaan Van AALST, Kruiningen

• Aagje van 't Hoff (35), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Van Schie (4), Voorhout
• Agnes van Podewils (43)
• Arent Jans Bazuin (58), Midlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• abraham SCHILPEROORT (57), sommelsdijk
• Albert Everwijn Simons Dragt (0), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Volder (24), Petten
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• Anna Maria Alida van Schie (4), Voorhout, nr 75
• Alexander Joseph Schings (1), Kerkrade (L

• 1855 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company († 1932)
• 1864 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager († 1911)
• 1867 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece († 1922)
• 1871 » Frederick Converse, American composer and academic († 1940)
• 1874 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1876 » Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany († 1967)
• 1879 » Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic († 1946)
• 1880 » Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1881 » Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter († 1934)
• 1882 » Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist († 1958)

• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)

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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on January 5, 1870 was about 5.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.